“Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.”
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Source: Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes
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“Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.”
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“In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great.”
Source: Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
“Some men never find prosperity, For all their voyaging, While others find it with no voyaging.”
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“Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues.”
Source: Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra
“Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.”
Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides
“The man whom heaven helps has friends enough.”
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