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Euripides Quotes: Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.
         

Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.


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Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.



Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

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Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

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