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tragedy writer Classical Athens

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[Wikidata] Classical Athenian playwright... | [Wikipedia] Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the Suda says it was ninety-two at most. Nineteen plays at

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• Virtue proceeds through effort. Effort
• Ill-gotten wealth is never stable. Gotten
• When good men die, their goodness does not perish, but lives though they are gone. As for the bad, all that was theirs dies and… All
• The variety of all things forms a pleasure. All
• There is no evil as terrible as a woman. Evil
• It makes little difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. It is but an empty glorification left for those… Buried
• A woman should always stand by a woman. Always Stand
• Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good. Asks
• We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing. Beauty
• Courage may be taught as a child us taught to speak. Child
• Lady, the sun's light to our eyes is dear, And fair the tranquil reaches of the sea, And flowery earth in May, and bounding waters;… Babe
• Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place. Bodies
• The best prophet is common sense, our native wit. Best
• Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman. All
• Disaster appears, to crush one man now, but afterward another. Adversity
• A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue. Anger
• The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him. Believe
• Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments. Argument
• When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long. Competition
• No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his… All
• To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier. All
• What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death. Death
• When good men die their goodness does not perish. Death
• It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk. Drunk
• Human excellence means nothing Unless it works with the consent of God. Consent

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