Behold, I am silent: for what need is there that, falsely speaking, I add shamelessness to misfortune? - Euripides

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Behold, I am silent: for what need is there that, falsely speaking, I add shamelessness to misfortune?

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Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.

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Native Name: Εὐριπίδης
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How strange, that bad soil, if the gods send rain and sun,
Bears a rich crop, while good soil, starved of what it needs,
Is barren; but man's nature is ingrained - the bad
Is never anything but bad, and the good man
Is good: misfortune cannot warp his character,
His goodness will endure.
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