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480 BC–406 BC Greece
Euripides (Ancient Greek: Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three named authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have survived in full.
Also known as: Those whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad, Those whom God would destroy he first makes mad, Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad, Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad, Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad, Whom God would destroy he first makes mad
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The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.
For a man Low-fallen from high estate more sharply feels The strangeness of it than the long unblest.
Helen (-412)
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise.
No separate life Have dead men's souls, yet deathless consciousness Still have they when in deathless aether merged.
Helen (-412)
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
Orestes (-408)
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
Hippolytus (-428)
In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.
If there are none [no gods], what need to toil?
I know, and far too oft I've tested it, That rich men have the whole world for their friends.
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first, a viper is not more hateful.
Alcestis (-438)
Sorrows are thine, I know: yet it is best Lightly as may be to endure life's ills.
Helen (-412)
When the toiler cometh home, 'Tis sweet to find the household fair-arrayed.
Electra (-416)
Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
Helen (-412)
The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.
Medea (-431)
Dishonour will not trouble me, once I am dead.
Alcestis (-438)
The soul of the young is no friend to sorrow.
Medea (-431)
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 one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.
Alcestis (-438)
The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.
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