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Iphigenia in Aulis QUOTES

Iphigenia in Aulis QUOTES

1 " He loves power. A terrible love. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

2 " AGAMEMNON: Oh immovable law of heaven! Oh my anguish, my relentless fate!

CLYTEMNESTRA: Yours? Mine. Hers. No relenting for any of us. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

3 " Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice behind them, and there is no law but lawlessness, and none join in fear of the gods? "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

4 " We'll buy back our own harm with what is most dear to us. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

5 " If only the herdsman had not brought him up with the flocks, not reared him, Paris, Alexander, to watch his flock by the clear springs where the nymphs rise, and the rich pastures starred with roses and hyacinths for the goddesses to gather. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

6 " Truly we are creatures of labor and suffering, and nothing for long. Labor and suffering, and the plain sight of our destiny is the cruelest thing of all. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

7 " We would have to think the gods had no minds, to pray for murderers. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

8 " No mortal ever knows happiness and good fortune all the way to the end. Each one is born with his bitterness waiting for him. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

9 " AGAMEMNON: I will not slay my children, nor shall thy interests be prospered by justice in thy vengeance for a worthless wife, while I am left wasting, night and day, in sorrow for what I did to one of my own flesh and blood, contrary to all law and justice. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

10 " Death will be my wedding, children and glory. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

11 " But words can conquer words. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

12 " I was foolish and young, before that, viewing the matter closely, I saw what it is to beget children. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

13 " Piangi con me, supplica il padre di non uccidere tua sorella: anche i bambini si rendono conto delle sciagure. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

14 " For the discreet among mortals are such as pass through life correctly with wisdom. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

15 " This thy wit hath no wit. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

16 " Behold, I am silent: for what need is there that, falsely speaking, I add shamelessness to misfortune? "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

17 " And ‘tis a rare prize for a man to obtain such a wife, but there is no lack of getting a bad spouse. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

18 " Tis dreadful for words and strife to happen between brothers, when they fall into dispute. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

19 " The powerful, in sooth, and the wealthy, are Gods to those of mortals who are unblest. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis

20 " Sentir respeto es sabiduría. "

― Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis