Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
EURIPIDESAnger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
EURIPIDESThe man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
EURIPIDESI would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
EURIPIDESYour worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he’s underground.
EURIPIDESSilence is true wisdom’s best reply.
EURIPIDESMortal fate is hard. You’d best get used to it.
EURIPIDESThere is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
EURIPIDESSweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
EURIPIDESThe care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
EURIPIDESWe must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.
EURIPIDESNo one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
EURIPIDESMan’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
EURIPIDESI know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.
EURIPIDESAll men know their children mean more than life.
EURIPIDESArm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.
EURIPIDESThe same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
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