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Euripides quotes, quotations, sayings

Cleverness is not wisdom.
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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
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To generous souls every task is noble.
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Account no man happy till he dies.
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Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
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No one is happy all his life long.
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'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
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Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
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No one who lives in error is free.
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Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
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In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.
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Friends show their love in times of trouble...
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The wavering mind is but a base possession.
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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
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Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.
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Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.
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The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.
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There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
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There is the sky, which is all men's together.
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He is not a lover who does not love forever.
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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
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You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a fool as that. But if one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. But though I have no personal experience of the things they call love, I have what is better -- the experience of Sappho, of Euripides, of Catallus, of Shakespeare, of Spenser, of Austen, of Bronte, of anyone else I have read.
C. S. Lewis
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It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends.
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Noble fathers have noble children.
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To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
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Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
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That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.
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I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.
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The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, circa 412 B.C.
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The wisest men follow their own direction.
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I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
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My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
Euripides, Hippolytus, 428 B.C.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
Euripides
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I care for riches, to make giftsTo friends, or lead a sick man back to healthWith ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealthFor daily gladness; once a man be doneWith hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
Euripides, Electra, 413 B.C.
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I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.
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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
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The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
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When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor nor any worthiness.
Euripides, Medea, 431 B.C.
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Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
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Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
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Do not consider painful what is good for you.
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Time cancels young pain.
Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
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Much effort, much prosperity.
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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
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Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
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Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
Euripides
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