Euripides Bacchae l. 472, as translated by Colin Teevan (2002).
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Dionysus: He who believes needs no explanation. Pentheus: What's the worth in believing worthless things? Dionysus: Much worth, but not worth telling you, it seems.
— Euripides on Belief
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Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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