Share this quote

“Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.” — Euripides. Illustrated QuoteGeek card.

Square · 1080 × 1080 · PNG

Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.

Euripides

Image format

Choose an app in your device's share menu. Some apps leave out the caption; you can copy it below.

Download image ↓

Share on X ↗

Opens a draft with text and a link. To post the image, download it first.

X will open with the attribution and link. The full quote is in the caption below.

Select the text below to copy it.

Caption

“Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.” — Euripides

https://quotegeek.com/people/euripides/old-men-s-prayers-for-death-are-lying-prayers/

Quote link

https://quotegeek.com/people/euripides/old-men-s-prayers-for-death-are-lying-prayers/

QuoteGeek

A place for the words you remember.

MoodsMotivational Inspirational Famous Positive Love Funny Life Short Friendship All themes

More of the archiveVideo Games Comics Anime

Collections Characters About Methodology Corrections Privacy