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A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

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Honesty, Integrity, Believe
Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.88, University of Chicago Press

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

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Life, Questions And Answers, Answering Questions

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

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Friendship, Positive, Family
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

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Grief, Yesterday, Tragedy

A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.

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Freedom, Liberty, Speak

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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Relationship, Stupid, Communication
Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.38, University of Chicago Press

No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

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Men, Public Opinion, Earth
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”

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

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Freedom, Feet, Knees

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

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Friendship, Real, Army
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”

We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.

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Missing, Brain, Mind

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Euripides
Life, Wise, Silence

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

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Inspirational, Life, Education
Euripides (1931). “Four plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, & Iphigeneia among the Taurians”, Stanford University Press

The wisest men follow their own direction.

Euripides
Inspirational, Wise, Hard Work
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “The complete Greek tragedies”

Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.

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Inspirational, Men, Rich

Enough is abundance to the wise.

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Life, Happiness, Wise

Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.

Euripides
Wise, Joy, Sorrow

Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.

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Mistake, Men, True Power

What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.

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Grief, Loss, Land

A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.

Euripides
Wise, Men, Wife
Euripides (1836). “Euripides”, p.164

There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.

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Evil, Evil Women, Bad Woman

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

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Judging, Tree, Judgement

Common sense is the best prophet.

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Common Sense, Common, Prophet

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

Euripides
Wise, Heart, Thinking
Euripides, G. S. Kirk (1979). “Bacchae of Euripides”, p.60, CUP Archive

Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.

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Money, Logical Arguments, Persuasive

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.

Euripides
Life, Wise, Power

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