Euripides Quotes

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If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes.
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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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There is just one life for each of us: our own.
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When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.
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Friends show their love in times of trouble…
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The wisest men follow their own direction.
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Money is the wise man’s religion.
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Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
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Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.
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It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.
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Waste no tears over the grieves of yesterday.
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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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He is not a lover who does not love forever.
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To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
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Slight not what’s near through aiming at what’s far.
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I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
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What we look for does not come to pass. God finds a way for what none foresaw.
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Who knows but life be that which men call death, And death what men call life?
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To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
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What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness,
pride nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
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The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.
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There is the sky, which is all men’s together.
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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
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The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
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Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
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Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
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Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
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Life is a short affair; we should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.
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Cleverness is not wisdom.
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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
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