Euripidés: Citáty v angličtine (page 5)

Euripidés bol staroveký aténsky dramatik. Citáty v angličtine.
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“Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.”

Euripidés Medea

Variant translation (by Paul Roche): For nothing is like the sorrow or supersedes the sadness of losing your native land.
Zdroj: Medea (431 BC), Line 653 (translated by David Kovacs: Perseus Digital Library)

“Good slaves [are affected by] the adversities of their masters”

Bacchæ l. 1028
the original sentence does not contain any verb

“Woman is woman's natural ally.”

Euripidés Alope

Alope, Frag. 109

“Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.”

Pirithous
Varianta: Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgement.

“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.”

Euripidés Bellerophon

Bellerophon, Fragment 298; quoted in Plutarch's Morals : Ethical Essays (1888) edited and translated by Arthur Richard Shilleto, p. 293

“Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.”

Euripidés Antigone

Antigone, Frag 164

“The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards.”

Euripidés Medea

Zdroj: Medea (431 BC), Line 409

“Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.”

Euripidés Medea

Zdroj: Medea (431 BC), Line 636

“The credit we get for wisdom is measured by our success.”

Euripidés Hippolytus

Zdroj: Hippolytus (428 BC), l. 701, translated by Edward P. Coleridge

“Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.”

Bacchæ l. 882
Variant translation: Slowly but surely withal moveth the might of the gods.

“I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.”

Supposedly in The Suppliants.
Also attributed to Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Disputed