Euripides

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"The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought."	Courage, Knowledge, Men
"The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man."	Excellence, Knowledge, Life
"Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe."	Ability, Lies, Men
"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."	Argument, Conflict, War
"A bad beginning makes a bad ending."	Beginnings, Evil, Good
"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
"Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass."	Love, Time
"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
"Youth is the best time to be rich; and the best time to be poor."	Age, Time
"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world."	Age, Money, Virtue
"Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it."	Military, War
"Second thoughts are ever wiser."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness."	Excellence, Happiness, Joy
"Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks."	Time
"Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife."	Men
"Slight not what 's near through aiming at what 's far."	Darkness, Light
"The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them."	Evil, Good, Men
"The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children."	Sin
"Waste not fresh tears over old griefs."	Age
"Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold."	Age, Character, Men
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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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