Euripides on force
Euripides104 quotes“Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”
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Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.
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EuripidesEuripides Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
EuripidesEuripides Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour.
EuripidesEuripides Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
EuripidesEuripides Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.
EuripidesEuripides Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
EuripidesEuripides The greatest pleasure of life is love.
EuripidesEuripides Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.
EuripidesEuripides We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.
EuripidesEuripides No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
EuripidesEuripides God helps him who strives hard.
EuripidesEuripides If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
EuripidesEuripides Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man’s eyes.
EuripidesEuripides Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred with out a head.
EuripidesEuripides Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
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Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
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More on force
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
St. JeromeSt. Jerome I will not force a pretty smile upon my face to please eyes that no longer see me.
Nicole LyonsNicole Lyons Ours is a time of anxiety because we have willed it to be so. Our anxiety is not imposed on us by force from outside. We impose it on our world and upon one another from within ourselves.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed.
Lal Bahadur ShastriLal Bahadur Shastri Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.
Adam SmithAdam Smith No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.
Mary Kay AshMary Kay Ash