Euripides Quotes

“There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.”

“Often a noble face hides filthy ways.”

“The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.”

“Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.”

“New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.”

“What else goes wrong for a woman-except her marriage?”

“Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.”

“What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps.”

“Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.”

“Oh, trebly blest the placid lot of those whose hearth foundations are in pure love laid, where husband's breast with tempered ardor glows, and wife, oft mother, is in heart a maid!”

“And wealth abides not, it is but for a day.”

“Time will unveil all things to posterity.”

“Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.”

“Common sense is the best prophet.”

“Today's today. Tomorrow we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity.”

“It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.”

“He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.”

“Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”

“For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.”

“The bold are helpless without cleverness.”

“Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.”

“Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.”

“Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.”

“When good men die their goodness does not perish.”

“If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.”