Euripides Quotes

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. - View Quote Details on Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends. - View Quote Details on It is a good thing to be rich and a…
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods. - View Quote Details on Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love. - View Quote Details on Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a…
“Whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first sends mad”; neo-Latin version. “A maxim of obscure origin which may have been invented in Cambridge about 1640″ — Taylor, The Proverb (1931). Probably a variant of the line “He whom the gods love dies young”, derived from Menander ’s play The Double Deceiver via Plautus (Bacchides 816-7). - View Quote Details on “Whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first sends mad”; neo-Latin…
Often a noble face hides filthy ways. - View Quote Details on Often a noble face hides filthy ways.
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. - View Quote Details on Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven…
I hate it in friends when they come too late to help. - View Quote Details on I hate it in friends when they come too late…
Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them. - View Quote Details on Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which…
There is just one life for each of us: our own. - View Quote Details on There is just one life for each of us: our…
If the gods do evil then they are not gods. - View Quote Details on If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments. - View Quote Details on Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. - View Quote Details on Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no…
It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. - View Quote Details on It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to…
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. - View Quote Details on Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves. - View Quote Details on Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter. - View Quote Details on To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a…
The good and the wise lead quiet lives. - View Quote Details on The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends. - View Quote Details on Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is…
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. - View Quote Details on I have found power in the mysteries of thought,…
The best of seers is he who guesses well. - View Quote Details on The best of seers is he who guesses well.
In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best. - View Quote Details on In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.
I think,
Some shrewd man first, a man in judgment wise,
Found for mortals the fear of gods,
Thereby to frighten the wicked should they
Even act or speak or scheme in secret. - View Quote Details on I think,
Some shrewd man first, a man in…
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. - View Quote Details on Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too…
I sacrifice to no god save myself — And to my belly, greatest of deities. - View Quote Details on I sacrifice to no god save myself — And to…
The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate. - View Quote Details on The company of just and righteous men is better than…
Every man is like the company he wont to keep. - View Quote Details on Every man is like the company he wont to keep.
When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. - View Quote Details on When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference…
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. - View Quote Details on No one is truly free, they are a slave to…
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. - View Quote Details on To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage…
When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. - View Quote Details on When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the…
No one who lives in error is free. - View Quote Details on No one who lives in error is free.
Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety. - View Quote Details on Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in…
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. - View Quote Details on The best and safest thing is to keep a balance…
The wisest men follow their own direction. - View Quote Details on The wisest men follow their own direction.
Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy. - View Quote Details on Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart…
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend? - View Quote Details on In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
Silence is true wisdom’s best reply. - View Quote Details on Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
Authority is never without hate. - View Quote Details on Authority is never without hate.
Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them. - View Quote Details on Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our…
Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. - View Quote Details on Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best. - View Quote Details on In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.
Your very silence shows you agree. - View Quote Details on Your very silence shows you agree.
The sweetest teaching did he introduce,
Concealing truth under untrue speech.
The place he spoke of as the gods’ abode
Was that by which he might awe humans most, —
The place from which, he knew, terrors came to mortals
And things advantageous in their wearisome life —
The revolving heaven above, in which dwell
The lightnings, and awesome claps
Of thunder, and the starry face of heaven,
Beautiful and intricate by that wise craftsman Time, —
From which, too, the meteor’s glowing mass speeds
And wet thunderstorm pours forth upon the earth. - View Quote Details on The sweetest teaching did he introduce,
Concealing truth under untrue speech.
The…
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience. - View Quote Details on There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of…
He is wise that is wise to himself. - View Quote Details on He is wise that is wise to himself.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. - View Quote Details on One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Attributed to “some of the old poets” by Lycurgus of Athens in his Oratio In Leocratem [Oration Against Leocrates], section 92. Again, the meter suggests that the source is a tragic play. These lines are misattributed to the much earlier semi-mythical statesman Lycurgus of Sparta in a footnote of recent editions of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations and other works. - View Quote Details on Attributed to “some of the old poets” by Lycurgus of…
Oh, if I had Orpheus ‘ voice and poetry
with which to move the Dark Maid and her Lord,
I’d call you back, dear love, from the world below.
I’d go down there for you. Charon or the grim
King’s dog could not prevent me then
from carrying you up into the fields of light. - View Quote Details on Oh, if I had Orpheus ‘ voice and poetry
with…
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. - View Quote Details on Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Leave no stone unturned. - View Quote Details on Leave no stone unturned.
I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. - View Quote Details on I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to…
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings. - View Quote Details on Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. - View Quote Details on Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and…
As quoted in George Fox Interpreted: The Religion, Revelations, Motives and Mission of George Fox (1881) by Thomas Ellwood Longshore, p. 154 - View Quote Details on As quoted in George Fox Interpreted: The Religion, Revelations, Motives…
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. - View Quote Details on Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest. - View Quote Details on Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.
Time cancels young pain. - View Quote Details on Time cancels young pain.
You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you. - View Quote Details on You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed…
Where two discourse, if the one’s anger rise,
The man who lets the contest fall is wise. - View Quote Details on Where two discourse, if the one’s anger rise,
The…
Today’s today. Tomorrow we may be
ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity. - View Quote Details on Today’s today. Tomorrow we may be
ourselves gone down the drain…
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. - View Quote Details on Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.