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Euripides
Quotes by Euripides
Quotes by Euripides
“Friends show their love in times of trouble.”
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“Cleverness is not wisdom.”
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“He is not a lover who does not love forever.”
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“Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.”
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“The greatest pleasure of life is love.”
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“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”
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“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”
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“There is just one life for each of us: our own.”
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“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”
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“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.”
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“It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.”
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“Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.”
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“Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.”
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“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”
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“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.”
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“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
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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.”
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“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”
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“Do not consider painful what is good for you.”
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“Silence is true wisdom's best reply.”
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“No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.”
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“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”
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“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.”
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“But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.”
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“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.”
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“Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.”
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“To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.”
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“Better a serpent than a stepmother!”
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“Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.”
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“I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.”
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