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Euripides

Euripides

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Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.
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Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.
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The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.
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Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
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Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
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Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper.
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Many a maiden,_x000D_ With white feet glancing light as air, _x000D_ Made happy music through the gloom.
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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
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Venus, thy eternal sway_x000D_ _x000D_ All the race of men obey._x000D_ _x000D_ Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis._x000D_ _x000D_ He is not a lover who does not love for ever.
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A man who has been in danger,_x000D_ _x000D_ When he comes out of it forgets his fears,_x000D_ _x000D_ And sometimes he forgets his promises.
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All is change; all yields its place and goes.
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There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.
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He who believes needs no explanation.
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When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.
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tell me how does it feel with my teeth in your heart!
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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
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courage is the gift of character
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In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
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Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
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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.
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