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Quotes from Eurípedes

So little cost to comprehend that what has long been lawful, over centuries, comes forever out of Nature.
~ Eurípedes
Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.
~ Eurípedes
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
~ Eurípedes
Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
~ Eurípedes
The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him. So I have a secret hope of someone, a God, who is wise and plans; but my hopes grow dim when I see the deeds of men and their destinies. For Fortune is ever veering, and the currents of life are shifting, shifting, wandering for ever.
~ Eurípedes
You have navigated with raging soul far from the paternal home, passing beyond the seas' double rocks and now you inhabit a foreign land.
~ Eurípedes
Ill-gotten wealth is never stable.
~ Eurípedes