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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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• Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we experience. Alas
• Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear. Anguish
• It is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory. Better
• A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine. Argument
• Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement. Achievement
• There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains. Desire
• How sweet to remember the trouble that is past. Past
• In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story. Different Story
• Mobs in their emotions are much like children, subject to the same tantrums and fits of fury. Children
• The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward. Apart
• A rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women. Good
• Neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman. Creature
• Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And… Age
• Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with. Age
• 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… Abuse
• If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife. All
• All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck! All
• Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life. All
• In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great. Added
• Some men never find prosperity, For all their voyaging, While others find it with no voyaging. All
• Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues. Demagogues
• Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes. Gives
• How dark are all the ways of god to man! All
• The man whom heaven helps has friends enough. Friends
• Too much zeal offends where indirection works. Indirection

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