Euripides Quotes
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To die is a debt we must all of us discharge.
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To friends, or lead a sick man back to health
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To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
[Courage]
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Try first thyself, and after call in God, For to the worker God himself lends aid.
[Action]
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Unblessed is the son who does not honor his parents; but if reverent and obedient to them, he will receive the same from his own children.
[Parents]
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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
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We know the good, we apprehend it clearly. But we can't bring it to achievement.
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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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What we look for does not come to pass. God finds a way for what none foresaw.
[The Future]
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When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.
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When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
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When roused to rage the maddening populace storms, their fury-like a rolling flame, bursts forth unquenchable; but give its violence ways, it spends itself, and as its force abates, learns to obey and yields it to your will.
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Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
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Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
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With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
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You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.
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Your very silence shows you agree.
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Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
[Age]
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