All Quotes
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Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.Euripides, Aeolus
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.Euripides, Alexander
When good men die their goodness does not perish,
But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,
All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.Euripides, Temenidae
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.Euripides, Phoenix
Whoso neglects learning in his youth,
Loses the past and is dead for the future.Euripides, Phrixus
The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.Euripides, Phrixus
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus
In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus
It is better to be envied than pitied.Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus