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A second wife
is hateful to the children of the first;
a viper is not more hateful.Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
A sweet thing, for whatever time,
to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
I have found power in the mysteries of thought,
exaltation in the changing of the Muses;
I have been versed in the reasonings of men;
but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
Time cancels young pain.Euripides, Alcestis, 438 B.C.
There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.Euripides, Medea, 431 B.C.
When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor nor any worthiness.Euripides, Medea, 431 B.C.
I know indeed what evil I intend to do,
but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury,
fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.Euripides, Medea, 431 B.C.