Medea quotes

The lines readers remember from Medea, by Euripides.

Standout lines

Hast thou lived all these years, and learned but now That every man more loveth his own head Than other men's?

Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, A herb most bruised is woman.

A woman quick of wrath, aye, or a man, Is easier watching than the cold and still.

And God hath made thee woman, things most vain For help, but wondrous in the paths of pain.

Back streams the wave on the ever running river: Life, life is changed and the laws of it o'ertrod.

Dire and beyond all healing is the hate When hearts that loved are turned to enmity.

Old love burneth low When new love wakes, men say.

Hast thou lived all these years, and learned but now That every man more loveth his own head Than other men's?

Sooner would I stand Three times to face their battles, shield in hand, Than bear one child.

Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, A herb most bruised is woman.

A woman quick of wrath, aye, or a man, Is easier watching than the cold and still.

And God hath made thee woman, things most vain For help, but wondrous in the paths of pain.

Back streams the wave on the ever running river: Life, life is changed and the laws of it o'ertrod.

Dire and beyond all healing is the hate When hearts that loved are turned to enmity.

Fair days roll on, and bear more gifts or less Of fortune, but to no man happiness.

Tigress, not woman, beast of wilder breath Than Skylla shrieking o'er the Tuscan sea.

I love the pain, so thou shalt laugh no more.

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