Euripides, quoted in Fielding Select proverbs of all Nations (1824), p. 206.
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Life is short, yet sweet.
— Euripides on Life
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Life" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 440-55.)
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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