Euripides Quotes - Page 12

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• Fate finds for every man; his share of misery.

  Euripides

  Sadness, Fate, Men

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.155, University of Chicago Press

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• Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.

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  Hero, Loyal, Glory

  Euripides (2006). “Medea”, p.70, Oxford University Press

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• We look for good on earth and cannot recognize it when met.

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  Looks, Earth, Mets

  Euripides (1959). “Euripides III: Orestes, Iphigenia in Aulis, Electra, The Phoenician women, The Bacchae”

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• Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another.

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  Men, Choices, Honor

  Euripides (1942). “Euripides”

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• Account no man happy till he dies.

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  Happiness, Men, Accounts

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• Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.

  Euripides

  Love, Men, Heaven

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• Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?

  Euripides

  Struggle, Knowledge, Skills

  Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles (1960). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”

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• It is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory.

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  Life And Death, Glory, Dies

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.152, University of Chicago Press

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• Know we how many tomorrows the gods intend for our todays.

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  Time, Today, Tomorrow

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• If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.

  Euripides

  Sex, Night, Thinking

  Euripides (2012). “Medea”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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• To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.

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  Death, Pain, Thinking

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.255, University of Chicago Press

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• To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

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  Daughter, Sweet, Father

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra”, p.180, University of Chicago Press

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• The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.

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  Fate, Born

  "Alcmene". Play by Euripides, estimated between 455 and 408 BCE.

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• There is as much confusion in the world of the gods as in ours.

  Euripides

  Confusion, World

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• The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.

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  Long, Way, Retribution

  "Ion". I, 1615,

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• Women don't like violence,
  But when their husbands desert them, that is different.

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  Husband, Different, Desert

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• Let mortal man keep to his own
  Mortality, and not expect too much.

  Euripides

  Men, Too Much, Mortality

  Euripides “Alcestis, a story of love”, Lulu.com

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• If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.

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  Way, Wealth, Rich

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

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• What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say?

  Euripides

  Men, Religion

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.68, University of Chicago Press

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• In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

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  Judging, Sides, Cases

  "Heracleidae". Play by Euripides, 430 BCE.

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• Remember this! No amount of Bacchic reveling can corrupt an honest woman.

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  Honest Woman, Honest, Remember

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• Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.

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  Fate, Harsh, Reprieve

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra”, p.132, University of Chicago Press

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• Better a serpent than a stepmother!

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  Stepmothers, Serpent

  Euripides (1941). “The Alcestis”, p.21, Library of Alexandria

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• Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.

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  Speak, Slave, Free Thought

  Euripides (1814). “The tragedies of Euripides translated [by R. Potter]. by R. Potter”, p.307

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• Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.

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  Toil, Reputation, Fame

  "Licymnius". Play by Euripides, estimated between 455 and 430 BCE.

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