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Cleverness1 quote
Mere cleverness is not wisdom. — Euripides · 405 BCCollective guilt1 quote
The god
Visit the sins of the fathers upon the children. — Euripides · 400 BCConscience1 quote
There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience. — Euripides · 428 BCContentment1 quote
Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCDoing the right thing1 quote
We know the good, we apprehend it clearly,
but we can't bring it to achievement. — Euripides · 428 BCFate1 quote
Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCHappiness1 quote
Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCInfluences1 quote
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. — Euripides · 400 BCInner peace1 quote
There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience. — Euripides · 428 BCLetting go1 quote
Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCLife and death1 quote
Who knows but life be that which men call death, and death what men call life? — Euripides · 400 BCLove1 quote
Love distills desire upon the eyes,
love brings bewitching grace into the heart
of those he would destroy.
I pray that love may never come to me
with murderous intent,
in rhythms measureless and wild.
Not fire nor stars have stronger bolts
than those of Aphrodite sent
by the hand of Eros, Zeus' child. — Euripides · 428 BCMan as social animal1 quote
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. — Euripides · 400 BCMarriage1 quote
Never shall I say that marriage brings more joy than pain. — Euripides · 438 BCPower of love1 quote
Love distills desire upon the eyes,
love brings bewitching grace into the heart
of those he would destroy.
I pray that love may never come to me
with murderous intent,
in rhythms measureless and wild.
Not fire nor stars have stronger bolts
than those of Aphrodite sent
by the hand of Eros, Zeus' child. — Euripides · 428 BCPromises1 quote
My tongue swore, but my mind's unsworn. — Euripides · 428 BCRelationship challenges1 quote
Never shall I say that marriage brings more joy than pain. — Euripides · 438 BCSleep1 quote
O sleep's enchantment, friend and helper against sickness. — Euripides · 408 BCTaking care1 quote
Leave no stone unturned. — Euripides · 430 BCThe good1 quote
We know the good, we apprehend it clearly,
but we can't bring it to achievement. — Euripides · 428 BCThoroughness1 quote
Leave no stone unturned. — Euripides · 430 BCWisdom1 quote
Mere cleverness is not wisdom. — Euripides · 405 BC