The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Euripides

10 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of men obey.— filed under Love
Not mine This saying, but the sentence of the sage, Nothing is stronger than necessity.— filed under Necessity
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!— filed under Nobility
Life is short, yet sweet.— filed under Proverbs
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.— filed under Results
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.— filed under Society
Montaigne. The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is than a thousand kinsmen of more worth.— filed under Sympathy
Among mortals second thoughts are the wisest.— filed under Thought
There is nothing more hostile to a city than 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.— filed under Tyranny
For silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.— filed under Woman
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