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Euripides Quotes - Page 17

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The gift of a bad man can bring no good.

The gift of a bad man can bring no good.

Men, Evil, Bad Man

Euripides (1832). “Euripides”, p.182

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

Two, People, Bitterness

That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a madman takes, and no one person is ever happy all the time.

Strong, Thinking, Foundation

Euripides (2013). “Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion”, p.126, University of Chicago Press

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

Wise, Men, Tasks

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.

Humility, Son, Men

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

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

Looks, Noon, Height

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.

Laughter, Sleep, Blood

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Literature, Helping, Judgment

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

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

Mind, Done, Littles

The unrighteous are never really fortunate.

Wickedness, Fortunate

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

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

Life, Uplifting, Spiritual

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

If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.

Virtue, Ifs, Wrongdoing

Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.119, University of Chicago Press

Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.

Heart, Arms, Inevitable

Euripides (1973). “Medea and Other Plays”, p.73, Penguin UK

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.

Life Is Short, Men, Hands

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

To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.

Daughter, Father, Son

Euripides (1823). “The Tragedies of Euripides”, p.378

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

Beauty, Delight, Littles

"Euripides".

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

Pain, Desire, Lovers

Euripides (1958). “Three Great Plays of Euripides”, Signet Book

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

Gambling, Luck, Genius

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

Numbers are a fearful thing.

Numbers, Fearful

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

Mobs in their emotions are much like children, subject to the same tantrums and fits of fury.

Children, Tantrums, Emotion

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

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

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”

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

Success, Wise, Judging

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

Power, Greatness, Hands

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

How dark are all the ways of god to man!

Dark, Men, Way

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

Women, Reflection, Form

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

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