Famous Euripides Quotations

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"wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold."
by Euripides
"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."
by Euripides
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."
by Euripides
"Every man is like the company he is wont to keep."
by Euripides
"A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today--and in fact we have forgotten."
by Euripides
"Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy."
by Euripides
"Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity is full of friends."
by Euripides
"Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass."
by Euripides
"It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did."
by Euripides
"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore"
by Euripides
"A bad beginning makes a bad ending."
by Euripides
"A bad beginning makes a bad ending"
by Euripides
"A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger."
by Euripides
"A second wife
is hateful to the children of the first;
a viper is not more hateful."
by Euripides
"A second wife is hateful to the children of the first a viper is not more hateful."
by Euripides
"A sweet thing, for whatever time,
to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost."
by Euripides
"A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost."
by Euripides
"Account no man happy till he dies."
by Euripides
"But this is slavery, not to speak ones thought."
by Euripides
"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent"
by Euripides
"Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances."
by Euripides
"Cowards do not count in battle they are there, but not in it."
by Euripides
"Courage may be taught as a child is taught to speak."
by Euripides
"Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead."
by Euripides
"Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantiated dreams, and lies, while random careless chance and change alone rule the world"
by Euripides
"Do not consider painful what is good for you."
by Euripides
"Every man is like the company he is wont to keep"
by Euripides
"For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results It is foolish even to desire it."
by Euripides
"Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God."
by Euripides
"I care for riches, to make gifts
To friends, or lead a sick man back to health
With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth
For daily gladness; once a man be done
With hunger, rich and poor are all as one."
by Euripides
"I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one."
by Euripides
"I hate it in friends when they come too late to help."
by Euripides
"I have found power in the mysteries of thought."
by Euripides
"I have found power in the mysteries of thought,
exaltation in the changing of the Muses;
I have been versed in the reasonings of men;
but Fate is stronger than anything I have known."
by Euripides
"I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses I have been versed in the reasonings of men but Fate is stronger than anything I have known."
by Euripides
"I know indeed what evil I intend to do,
but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury,
fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils."
by Euripides
"I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils."
by Euripides
"I sacrifice to no god save myself รน And to my belly, greatest of deities"
by Euripides
"In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side."
by Euripides
"In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best."
by Euripides
"It is said that gifts persuade even the gods"
by Euripides
"Judge a tree from its fruit not from the leaves."
by Euripides
"Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest."
by Euripides
"Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other."
by Euripides
"Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe."
by Euripides
"Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife."
by Euripides
"Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife"
by Euripides
"My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged."
by Euripides
"Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain."
by Euripides
"Often a noble face hides filthy ways."
by Euripides
"Second thoughts are ever wiser."
by Euripides
"Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world."
by Euripides
"Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings."
by Euripides
"Slow but sure moves the might of the gods."
by Euripides
"Slight not what's near, while aiming at what's far."
by Euripides
"Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety"
by Euripides
"The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man."
by Euripides
"The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate."
by Euripides
"The day is for honest men, the night for thieves."
by Euripides
"The good and the wise lead quiet lives."
by Euripides
"The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children."
by Euripides
"The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them."
by Euripides
"The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought."
by Euripides
"The variety of all things forms a pleasure"
by Euripides
"The wisest men follow their own direction."
by Euripides
"There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change."
by Euripides
"There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man."
by Euripides
"There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience."
by Euripides
"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience"
by Euripides
"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course a quiet conscience."
by Euripides
"Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad."
by Euripides
"Time cancels young pain."
by Euripides
"Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks."
by Euripides
"Waste not fresh tears over old griefs."
by Euripides
"Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold."
by Euripides
"What is a seer? A man who with luck tells the truth sometimes, with frequent falsehoods, but when his luck deserts him, collapses then and there."
by Achilles
"What greater grief than the loss of one's native land."
by Euripides
"When good men die their goodness does not perish,
But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,
All that was theirs dies and is buried with them."
by Euripides
"When good men die their goodness does not perish, But lives though they are gone. As for the bad, All that was theirs dies and is buried with them."
by Euripides
"When good men die their goodness does not perish, but lives though they are gone. As for the bad, all that was theirs dies and is buried with them"
by Euripides
"When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor nor any worthiness."
by Euripides
"Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave."
by Euripides
"Whoso neglects learning in his youth,
Loses the past and is dead for the future."
by Euripides
"Whoso neglects learning in his youth, Loses the past and is dead for the future."
by Euripides
"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad."
by Euripides
"You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you."
by Euripides
"You were a stranger to sorrow therefore Fate has cursed you."
by Euripides
"Youth is the best time to be rich and the best time to be poor."
by Euripides
"Your very silence shows you agree."
by Euripides
"Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account."
by Euripides
"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."
by Euripides
"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quiet conscience."
by Euripides
"Authority is never without hate."
by Euripides
"Much effort, much prosperity."
by Euripides
"There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck."
by Euripides
"Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly."
by Euripides
"Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err."
by Euripides
"When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor."
by Euripides
"No one who lives in error is free."
by Euripides
"No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will."
by Euripides


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