It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that ... -Euripides

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It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

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Euripides was a Greek playwright and one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece. His surviving works, such as "Medea" and "The Bacchae," have had a lasting influence on drama and literature, making him a significant figure in the history of ancient Greek theater.

Euripides Quotes to Explore

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head....
The good and the wise lead quiet lives....
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad....
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God....
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, ...
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter....
Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides....
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent....
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man....
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor....

Beauty Quotes to Explore

I think each woman has her own relationship to beauty....
The ever-renewed instances of beauty and fairness passing over the faces of the beings in the universe show that they are shadows of the manifestation...
There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that s...
When I am going out, I am in ponytail, jeans, tees. I am just like any girl-next-door. Beauty is not external; it's internal. When you are a happy sou...
One of the big things I've learned over the years and I'm excited that Glossier perpetuates is that wherever you're at, in terms of your scope of know...
The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired....
It's good to have a reminder that we can love ourselves and be beautiful even though we don't really fit into certain standards of what beauty may be....
Like the rest of the genetic lottery, beauty is unfair. Everyone falls short of perfection, but some are luckier than others. Real confidence requires...
The Lord did not people the earth with a vibrant orchestra of personalities only to value the piccolos of the world. Every instrument is precious and ...
But the beauty of Einstein's equations, for example, is just as real to anyone who's experienced it as the beauty of music. We've learned in the 20th ...