Euripides ( 6 of 56 )
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the
criminal.
Often a noble face hides filthy ways.
Often a noble face hides filthy ways.
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom
in the first and chiefest place, read more
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom
in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common,
but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway,
and this is no longer equal.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is
turned topsy turvy.)
The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is
turned topsy turvy.)
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
