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Nature of man Quotes by Euripides

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Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.

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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…

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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.

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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…

Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God.

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Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or…

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Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best…

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“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice…

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A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; a viper is not more hateful.

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Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps.

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“What greater sorrow than being forced to leave behind my native earth?”

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Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.

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“You don't know what your life is, nor what you're doing, nor who you are.”

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But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone.

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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…

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“Dreams of the proud man, making great And greater ever, Things which are not of God. In wide And devious coverts, hunter-wise, He coucheth Time's unhasting stride, Following, following, him whose eyes Look not to Heaven. For all is vain, The pulse of the heart, the plot of the brain, That striveth beyond the laws that live. And is thy…

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

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Soon all of you immortals Will be as dead as we are! Come on then, what are you waiting for? Have you run out…

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There is the sky, which is all men's together.

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