Painterly green seedling growing through a cracked rectangular stone slab in warm light.

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Iphigenia in Tauris

Euripides

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Bad fortune is presented as a setting in which improvement remains possible. The contrast between worst and best gives the statement its hopeful force. It speaks about a chance for change, leaving a distinction between recognizing an opening and knowing that a happier outcome will follow.

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