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Famous Euripides Quotes
“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”
“Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.”
“It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.”
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
“Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.”
“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.”
“Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.”
“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.”
“Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.”
“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.”
“But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.”
“Do not consider painful what is good for you.”
“The bold are helpless without cleverness.”
“I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.”
“Prosperity is full of friends.”
“'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.”
“Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.”
“To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.”
“Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.”
“Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.”
“Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.”
“God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.”
“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”
“Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.”
“Much effort, much prosperity.”
“Authority is never without hate.”
“Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.”
“Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.”
“New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.”
“The lucky person passes for a genius.”