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| Euripides
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger. A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; a viper is not more hateful. A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear father we have lost. A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing. Account no man happy till he dies. Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. Authority is never without hate. But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first perverts his mind. Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances. Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it. Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes. Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead. Do not consider painful what is good for you. Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand. Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account. Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err. Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. God helps him who strives hard. Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails. He is not a lover who does not love forever. He is wise that is wise to himself. He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of the gods. Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. I envy the man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown. I hate it in friends when they come too late to help. I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men. I sacrifice to no god save myself — and to my belly, greatest of deities. I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. If the gods do evil then they are not gods. Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side. In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom. In misfortune, which friend remains a friend? In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best. It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being. It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends. It is change; all yields its place and goes. It is said that gifts persuade even the gods. It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides. Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves. Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. Leave no stone unturned. Life has no blessing like a prudent friend. Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them. Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy. Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. Man's most judicious trait, is a good sense of what not to believe. Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven. Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments. My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged. Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain. New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow. No one is happy all his life long.No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will. Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature! Often a noble face hides filthy ways. Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them. One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Only a madman would give good for evil. People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else. Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal. Question everything. Learn something. answer nothing. Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends. Second thoughts are ever wiser. Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings. Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. Slight not what's near, when aiming at what's far. Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy. Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety. Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head. That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing. The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. The best prophet is common sense, our native wit. The bold are helpless without cleverness. The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate. The day is for honest men, the night for thieves. The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards. The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them. The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children. The good and the wise lead quiet lives. The greatest pleasure of life is love. The language of truth is simple. The lucky person passes for a genius The man who melts with social sympathy, though not allied, is more worth than a thousand kinsmen. The nobly born must nobly meet his fate. The variety of all things forms a pleasure. The wavering mind is but a base possession. There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.There is just one life for each of us: our own. There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man. There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck. There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal. There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience. There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness. There is the sky, which is all men's together. This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends. This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. Variant: Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave. Those whom the gods wish to destroy, he first makes mad. Thou didst bring me forth for all the Greeks in common, not for thyself alone. Time cancels young pain. Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter. To generous souls, every task is noble. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.To see their children dead before their eyes? To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame. Try first thyself, and after call in the gods; For to the worker the gods themselves lend aid. Unhappiness remembering happiness. Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad. Victory is fair; and if the gods are growing kinder, it would be well with me. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers' love when it turns to hate. What greater grief than the loss of one's native land. What is a seer? a man who with luck tells the truth sometimes, with frequent falsehoods, but when his luck deserts him, collapses then and there. When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. When love is in excess it brings a man neither honor nor any worthiness. Who knows but life be that which men call death, and death what men call life? Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, Loses the past and is dead for the future. With hunger, rich and poor are all as one. Woman is woman's natural ally. You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you. Your very silence shows you agree. Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much. |
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