How strange, that bad soil, if the gods send rain and sun, … - Euripides

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

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Çekinme, hatırlama ne kadar çok sevdiğini
ve nasıl doğurduğunu çocuklarını.
Bugün, sadece bugün unut, sonra tutarsın
yaslarını. Öldürmüş de olsan çok sevmiştin
onları ve mutsuz bir kadınsın şimdi.

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

You don’t know what your life is, nor what you’re doing, nor who you are.

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 <i>man's</i> … - Euripides

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