“When good men die their goodness does not perish.”
Quote by Euripides
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“It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.”
Source: Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
“Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God.”
Source: Euripides: Ion. Rhesus. The Suppliant women. Orestes. Iphigenia in Aulis. Electra. The Phoenician women. The Bacchae
“Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.”
Source: Three Great Plays of Euripides
“The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.”
Source: The conversion of Herakles: an essay in Euripidean tragic structure
“Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground.”
Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides
“It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.”
Source: Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus
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“Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.”
Source: Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra