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Bellerophon, frag. 298, in Plutarch, Moralia, "De tranquillitate animi" (tr. A. R. Shilleto, 1888)

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

— Euripides

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account." in the context of "Bellerophon, frag. 298, in Plutarch, Moralia, "De tranquillitate animi" (tr. A. R. Shilleto, 1888)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Euripides

About Euripides

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