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Tragic play15 quotes
There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man. — Sophocles · 441 BCHeav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd,
Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — William Congreve · 1697You have deeply ventured;
But all must do so who would greatly win. — Lord Byron · 1821Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. — Heinrich Heine · 1821One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour. — Oscar Wilde · 1880My tongue swore, but my mind's unsworn. — Euripides · 428 BCAll 15 quotes →Greek theater9 quotes
There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man. — Sophocles · 441 BCMy tongue swore, but my mind's unsworn. — Euripides · 428 BCThe happiest life consists in ignorance. — Sophocles · 442 BCJustice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCNeither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCWho told them
that they were dead. — AeschylusAll 9 quotes →