Quote #122
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.
More from Euripides
- Unhappiness remembering happiness.
- We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.
- To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
- Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
- To generous souls, every task is noble.
- What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers love when it turns to hate.
- To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.
- What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.