"No one can confidently say that he..." - Quote by Euripides
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
More by Euripides
“Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.”
“I think it makes small difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. All that is an empty glorification left for those who live.”
“Blood streams in sacrifice; yet anguish finds no cure.”
More on Mortality
“O time, swift robber of all created things, how many kings, how many nations hast thou undone, and how many changes of states and of various events have happened since the wondrous forms of this fish perished here in this cavernous and winding recess. Now destroyed by time thou liest patiently in this confined space with bones stripped and bare; serving as a support and prop for the superimposed mountain.”
“How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left.”
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.”
More on Uncertainty
“In a world of infinite choice people are struggling to figure out what to do.”
“For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road.”
“That's another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I'm not sure I've found it yet. I'm not sure I ever will. And with love like that...they say anything's possible, right?”