Euripides Quotes

“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.”

“Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments.”

“No one who lives in error is free.”

“Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.”

“An ally need not own the land he helps.”

“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”

“Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.”

“The greatest pleasure of life is love.”

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”

“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”

“Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with.”

“Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.”

“A wretched child Is he who does not return his parents' care.”

“If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.”

“Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.”

“The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.”

“In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?”

“To generous souls every task is noble.”

“Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.”

“Women's love is for their men, not for their children.”

“A change is always nice.”

“Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.”

“Cleverness is not wisdom.”

“The language of truth is simple.”

“Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.”