Euripides Quotes - Page 17

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• Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.

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  Humility, Son, Men

  "The Bacchae". Play by Euripides, 405 BCE.

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• The unrighteous are never really fortunate.

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  Wickedness, Fortunate

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.63, University of Chicago Press

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• The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.

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  Men, Law, Cities

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra”, p.152, University of Chicago Press

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• Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.

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  Power, Greatness, Hands

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

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• Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.

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  Gambling, Luck, Genius

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

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• Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.

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  Success, Wise, Judging

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• The gift of a bad man can bring no good.

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  Men, Evil, Bad Man

  Euripides (1832). “Euripides”, p.182

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• When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.

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  Punishment, Wealth

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• Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.

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  Beauty, Delight, Littles

  "Euripides".

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• That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.

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  Hope, Men, Undoing

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

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• Numbers are a fearful thing.

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  Numbers, Fearful

  Euripides (2004). “Hecuba (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.29, Sparklesoup LLC

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• When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.

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  Wise, Men, Tasks

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• High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.

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  Sweet, Grief, Heart

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

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• He is life's liberating force. He is release of limbs and communion through dance. He is laughter, and music in flutes. He is repose from all cares -- he is sleep! When his blood bursts from the grape and flows across tables laid in his honor to fuse with our blood, he gently, gradually, wraps us in shadows of ivy-cool sleep.

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  Laughter, Sleep, Blood

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• Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

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  Literature, Helping, Judgment

  "Pirithous". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.

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• The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.

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  Mind, Done, Littles

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• O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!

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  Women, Reflection, Form

  "Ion". Play by Euripides, circa 421-408 BCE.

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• Do not consider painful what is good for you.

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  Life, Uplifting, Spiritual

  Euripides (2012). “Medea”, p.19, Courier Corporation

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• The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).

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  Rivers, Sacred, Flow

  "Medea". 409,

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• Those who look for filth, can find it at the height of noon.

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  Looks, Noon, Height

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• There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.

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  Two, People, Bitterness

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• The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.

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  Running, Men, Fire

  Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts”

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• Nothing's as good as holding on to safety.

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  Safety, Holding On, Security

  Euripides (1959). “Euripides: Electra, translated by E. T. Vermeule. The Phoenician women, translated by E. Wyckoff. The Bacchae, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Chronological note on the plays of Euripides, by R. Lattimore”

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• How dark are all the ways of god to man!

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  Dark, Men, Way

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• Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.

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  Life Is Short, Men, Hands

  Euripides, G. S. Kirk (1979). “Bacchae of Euripides”, p.58, CUP Archive

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