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Euripides Quotes - Page 15

The wife should yield in all things to her lord

The wife should yield in all things to her lord

Euripides (1956). “Euripides: Plays: Alcestis”

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

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

It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.

"Medea". Play by Euripides, 431 BCE.

If god is truly god, he is perfect, lacking nothing.

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

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

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

Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.

Medea, l.1080 (translated by D Kovacs, 1994).

Woman is woman's natural ally.

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

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

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

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

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

Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with.

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 have found nothing stronger than Necessity.

Alcestis, l.965 (translated by D Kovacs, 1994).

tell me how does it feel with my teeth in your heart!

Euripides (2011). “The Complete Euripides: Volume V: Medea and Other Plays”, p.196, Oxford University Press