Euripides

Playwright

Euripides was a pivotal ancient Greek playwright known for his exploration of complex human emotions and social issues in works like 'Medea.'

Born
January 1, 0480
Died
January 1, 0406
Quotes
431
Rank
#180

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"The way of God is complex, he is hard for us to predict. He moves the pieces and they come somehow into a kind of order."

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"Who knows but life be that which men call death, And death what men call life?"

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"If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe."

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"It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior."

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"I sacrifice to no god save myself - And to my belly, greatest of deities."

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"Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart."

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"Few have greater riches than the joy That comes to us in visions, In dreams which nobody can take away."

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"Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them."

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