I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
EuripidesRead
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
Interpretation
Youth offers unique opportunities for both wealth and poverty, highlighting the lessons each experience brings.
Euripides suggests that youth is a pivotal stage in life where one can experience the extremes of wealth and poverty. Being rich in youth allows for exploration and enjoyment of life, while being poor can foster resilience and character development. Each state holds valuable lessons that shape oneβs identity and perspective as an adult.
In practice
This quote could be shared in a financial literacy seminar focused on young adults.
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.
Now, when you are aware, you see the whole process of your thinking and action, but it can happen only when there is no condemnation. That is. When I condemn something, I do not understand it.
Wisdom is probably the ability to cope. That's why someone who has to walk seven miles every day to get water for their children can be wiser than someone sitting behind a desk in Wall Street.
Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.
It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back.
Sometimes being let down my a human being is the direct cause for you finding your own strength & depending only on Allah.
Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.
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