Greek Tragedy Quotes

Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

In childbirth grief begins.

[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.

Of all creatures that can feel and think,we women are the worst treated things alive

Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes. A few bear fruit in happiness; the others go awry. But he who garners day by day the good life, he is happiest.

Old loves are dropped when new ones come

I'd three times sooner go to war than suffer childbirth once.

Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it.

Who can stop grief's avalanche once it starts to roll.