Euripides Quotes and Quotations
To die is a debt we must all of us discharge. There's nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck. What we look for does not come to pass. God finds a way for what none foresaw. Try thyself first, and after call in God. For to the worker God himself lends aid. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly. But we can't bring it to achievement. Happiness is brief It will not stay. God batters at its sails. The worst, the least curable hatred is that which has superseded deep love. Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe. Men are men, they needs must err. Money is the wise man's religion. Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. It is a good thing to be rich, it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends. That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of a life. How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die. Let a man accept his destiny. No pity and no tears. Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far. Sufficiency's enough for men of sense. There is as much confusion in the world of the gods as in ours. Pray the gods do not envy your happiness! 1 loathe a friend ... who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief. Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends. Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. I would prefer as a friend a good man who is ignorant than one more clever who is evil, too. No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life. No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. Enjoy yourself, drink, call the life you live today your own-but only that; the rest belongs to chance. That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of a life. Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. Positive Thinking Is Practical There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change. Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes. All is change; all yields its place and goes. There is just one life for each of us: our own. The same man cannot be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence. No one is happy all his life long. Happiness, greatness, pride-nothing is secure, nothing keeps. This is courage ... to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage. The coward despairs. A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger. The coward despairs. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage. The coward despairs. Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny. There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change. Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end. It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn. One man; two loves. No good ever comes of that. Try first thyself, and after call in God, For to the worker God himself lends aid. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs. This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change. This is courage ... to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. Friends show their love - in times of trouble, not in happiness. Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. Cleverness is not wisdom. A wise fellow who is also worthless always charms the rabble. Noble fathers have noble children. The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is of more worth than a thousand kinsmen. There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one. No one is happy all his life long. No one is happy all his life long. No one is happy all his life long. No one is happy all his life long. No one is happy all his life long. No one is happy all his life long. No one is happy all his life long. No one is happy all his life long.
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