It is necessary that we too should see the beam in our own eyes, and learn to distinguish between the Christianity of the nineteenth century and the religion of Christ. If we find that the Christianity of the nineteenth century does not win as many hearts in India and China as it ought, let us remember that it was the Christianity of the first century in all its dogmatic simplicity, but with its overpowering love of God and man, that conquered the world and superseded religions and philosophies, more difficult to conquer than the religious and philosophical systems of Hindus and Buddhists.
Max Müller (1823-1900) German-British philologist, Orientalist, religious studies founder
Chips from a German Workshop, Preface (1866)
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Quotations about:
persuasiveness
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CHORUS: Those whose cause is just will never lack
good arguments.[ΧΟΡΟΣ: φεῦ φεῦ: βροτοῖσιν ὡς τὰ χρηστὰ πράγματα
χρηστῶν ἀφορμὰς ἐνδίδωσ᾽ ἀεὶ λόγων.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 1238ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]
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Speaking of Hecuba's appeal to Agamemnon for justice. In some translations, this is marked for Coryphaeus (Chorus Leader)
(Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:How doth a virtuous cause inspire the tongue
With virtuous language!
[tr. Wodhull (1809)]Ah! Ah! How do good deeds ever supply to men the source of good words!
[tr. Edwards (1826)]Lo, how the good cause giveth evermore
To men occasion for good argument.
[tr. Way (Loeb) (1894)]Ah! how a good cause always affords men an opening for a good speech.
[tr. Coleridge (1938)]Good words always start out from good deeds.
[tr. Harrison (2005)]Did you hear that? See how a good cause gives mortals material for a good argument!
[tr. Theodoridis (2007)]Just causes make fertile soil for strong arguments!
[tr. Karden/Street (2011)]
