Orestes Quotes

“When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”
― Euripides, Orestes

“Be happy, beloved face of my great friend. For us that is impossible, but you can be-we dead lack any source of delight”
― Euripides, Orestes

“How far you are from understanding
what my intentions are. May fruitful earth
refuse to take my blood and the bright sky
my spirit, if I ever betray you,
if I let myself go free and leave you.
I did the murder, too. I don't deny it.”
― Euripides, Orestes

“Of people my own age, friends and relatives, you are my favorite.
You're all those things to me”
― Euripides, Orestes

“Not to me. Not when I'm looking after you”
― Euripides, Orestes

“La gran prosperidad no es estable entre los mortales. La divinidad, al zarandearla, la rasga de arriba abajo como la vela de una nave rápida y la sumerge bajo penas terribles como bajo las rugientes olas mortíferas de alta mar.”
― Euripides, Orestes

“Somos esclavos de los dioses, sean lo que sean los dioses.”
― Euripides, Orestes