Euripides

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"A bad beginning makes a bad ending."	Beginnings, Evil, Good
"A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness."	Excellence, Happiness, Joy
"A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today--and in fact we have forgotten."	Age, Courage, History
"Account no man happy till he dies."	Death, Happiness, Joy
"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."	Argument, Conflict, War
"Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it."	Military, War
"Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantiated dreams, and lies, while random careless chance and change alone rule the world?"	Age, Change, Dreams
"For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it."	Ambition, Darkness, Desires
"I hate it in friends when they come too late to help."	Friends, Help
"It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did."	Desires, Friends, Knowledge
"Judge a tree from its fruit; not from the leaves."	Miscellaneous
"Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass."	Love, Time
"Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife."	Men
"Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe."	Ability, Lies, Men
"Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy."	Happiness, Joy
"Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends."	Change, Friends, Time
"Second thoughts are ever wiser."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world."	Age, Money, Virtue
"Slight not what 's near through aiming at what 's far."	Darkness, Light
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."	Miscellaneous
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Ability	Age	Ambition
Argument	Beginnings	Change
Character	Conflict	Courage
Darkness	Death	Desires
Dreams	Effort	Evil
Excellence	Freedom	Friends
Good	Happiness	Help
History	Intelligence	Joy
Knowledge	Leadership	Liberty
Lies	Life	Light
Love	Men	Military
Miscellaneous	Money	Power
Sin	Sleeping	Time
Virtue	Wants	War
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