EURIPIDES Quotes

It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.

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The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

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Authority is never without hate.

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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs

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I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

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Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

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Youth is the best time to be rich; and the best time to be poor

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Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.

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Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.

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Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.

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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

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Those who are held wise among men, and who search for the reason of things, are those who bring the most sorrow upon themselves

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To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

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