Euripides Quotes

“Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.”

“I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.”

“A woman should always stand by a woman.”

“Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.”

“Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.”

“Your very silence shows you agree.”

“The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.”

“Woman is woman's natural ally.”

“When cheated, wife or husband feels the same.”

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”

“Blood streams in sacrifice; yet anguish finds no cure.”

“The wife should yield in all things to her lord”

“It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.”

“You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.”

“The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.”

“For the weariest road that man may wendIs forth fromn the home of his father.”

“Children are sweet as the buds in spring, But I've noticed that those who have them Have nothing but trouble all their lives.”

“Enough is abundance to the wise.”

“Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.”

“Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters.”

“Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.”

“Dead men have no victory.”

“To every man, even though he be a slave, the light of heaven is sweet.”

“Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.”

“Time cancels young pain.”