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
EuripidesDoth some one say that there be gods above? There are not; no, there are not. Let no fool, Led by the old false fable, thus deceive you. Look at the facts themselves, yielding my words, No undue credence: for I say that kings kill, rob, break oaths, lay cities waste by fraud, And doing thus are happier than those, Who live calm pious lives day after day. All divinity is built-up from our good and evil luck.
EuripidesThis is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong.
EuripidesTo an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.
EuripidesWho then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.
EuripidesFew have greater riches than the joy That comes to us in visions, In dreams which nobody can take away.
EuripidesSoon all of you immortals Will be as dead as we are! Come on then, what are you waiting for? Have you run out of thunderbolts?
EuripidesA rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women.
EuripidesWealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
EuripidesWhy do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?
EuripidesAlas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.
EuripidesI care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness; once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
EuripidesEnjoy yourself, drink, call the life you live today your own; but only that, the rest belongs to chance.
EuripidesIn the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story.
EuripidesA just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine.
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