Euripides Quotes

“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”

“Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.”

“Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.”

“A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing.”

“Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy.”

“Courage may be taught as a child us taught to speak.”

“Time will cure you, but now is your grief still young.”

“There is safety in numbers.”

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

“Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.”

“Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.”

“Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.”

“I think it makes small difference to the dead, if they are buried in the tokens of luxury. All that is an empty glorification left for those who live.”

“All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!”

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

“He is not a lover who does not love forever.”

“The greatest pleasure of life is love.”

“One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.”

“It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.”

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

“Virtue proceeds through effort.”

“Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.”

“New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.”

“Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers”

“In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?”

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”

“It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.”

“According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.”

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

“Silence is true wisdom's best reply.”

“A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.”

“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.”

“Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?”

“But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone.”

“Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps.”

“In my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with his tongue gloze over injustice, he dares to act wickedly, yet he is not over-wise.”

“Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.”

“There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.”

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

“The meanest life is better than the most glorious death.”

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

“Common sense is the best prophet.”

“Much effort, much prosperity.”

“To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.”

“To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.”

“Every man is like the company he wont to keep.”

“Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.”

“No one is happy all his life long.”

“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

“It is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory.”