Euripides, Orestes, line 846.
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The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is of more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
— Euripides on Sympathy
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Sympathy" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 775-76.)
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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