Medea Quotes
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“For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many thoughts of blood.”
― Medea
― Medea
“I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.”
― Medea
― Medea
“I understand too well the dreadful act
I'm going to commit, but my judgement
can't check my anger, and that incites
the greatest evils human beings do.”
― Medea
I'm going to commit, but my judgement
can't check my anger, and that incites
the greatest evils human beings do.”
― Medea
“Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.”
― Medea
― Medea
“Since I am wise, some people envy me,
some think I'm idle, some the opposite,
and some feel threatened. Yet I'm not all that wise.”
― Medea
some think I'm idle, some the opposite,
and some feel threatened. Yet I'm not all that wise.”
― Medea
“Gods often contradict
our fondest expectations.
What we anticipate
does not come to pass.
What we don't expect
some god finds a way to make it happen.
So with this story”
― Medea
our fondest expectations.
What we anticipate
does not come to pass.
What we don't expect
some god finds a way to make it happen.
So with this story”
― Medea
“Let no one think me a weak one, feeble-spirited, A stay-at-home, but rather just the opposite, One who can hurt my enemies and help my friends; For the lives of such persons are most remembered.”
― Medea
― Medea
“Amongst mortals no man is happy; wealth may pour in and make one luckier than another, but none can happy be.”
― Medea
― Medea
“MEDEA: The gods know who was the author of this sorrow.
JASON: Yes, the gods know indeed, they know your loathsome heart.
MEDEA: Hate me. But I tire of your barking bitterness.”
― Medea
JASON: Yes, the gods know indeed, they know your loathsome heart.
MEDEA: Hate me. But I tire of your barking bitterness.”
― Medea
“You have the skill. What is more, you were born a woman, And women, though most helpless in doing good deeds, Are of every evil the cleverest of contrivers.”
― Medea
― Medea
“Why long for death's marriage bed
which human beings all shun?
Death comes soon enough
and brings an end to everything.”
― Medea
which human beings all shun?
Death comes soon enough
and brings an end to everything.”
― Medea