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Euripides Quotes

Euripides quotes about humanity

Greek Poet, Playwright September 21, 0480 – December 30, 0405

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Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wineand the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour outto offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are... Euripides
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs. Euripides
Knowledge is not wisdom: cleverness is not, not without awareness of our death, not without recalling just how brief our flare is. He who overreaches will, in his overreaching, lose what he possesses, betray what he has now. That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human, the unattainably great, is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them. Euripides
I understand too well the dreadful act. I'm going to commit, but my judgementcan't check my anger, and that incitesthe greatest evils human beings do. Euripides
Euripides quote: "Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that..."
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. Euripides
Euripides quote: "Impudence is the worst of all human diseases."
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. Euripides

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