I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
EuripidesRead
There is just one life for each of us: our own.
Interpretation
Each person has a unique life that is theirs to navigate and live.
This quote emphasizes the singularity and individuality of life. It suggests that every person experiences their own journey, and it is essential to recognize the value of one's life as a personal and unique experience, distinct from others.
In practice
To inspire someone starting a new chapter in their life.
I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
Mankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by. It was she who gave to man his nourishment of grain. But after her there came the son of Semele, who matched her present by inventing liquid wine as his gift to man. For filled with that good gift, suffering mankind forgets its grief; from it comes sleep; with it oblivion of the troubles of the day. There is no other medicine for misery.
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
Who 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.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
I think it's like a relay race. You run, and you hand over the baton, and your kids pick it up. They take the stuff they want, throw the rest away, and keep running. That's what life is about.
Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.
There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must all file on through the narrow aisles of pain.
If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.
I'd sleep and forget it; I had my own life, my own sad and ragged life forever.
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