Euripides Quotes (134 Quotes)


    When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

    Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad.

    Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

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

    No one is happy all his life long.


    The best of seers is he who guesses well.

    Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

    Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

    Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

    There is no evil as terrible as a woman.

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

    Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.

    I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

    Sound judgment, with discernment, is the best of seers.

    Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

    Account no man happy till he dies.

    To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

    God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

    There is just one life for each of us: our own.

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

    Judge a tree from its fruit not from the leaves.

    Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.

    Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

    The bold are helpless without cleverness.


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

    Youth holds no society with grief.

    Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death.

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

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

    In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.


    Wealth is of all things the most esteemed by men and has the greatest power of all things in the world.

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

    Friends show their love - in times of trouble, not in happiness

    Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

    Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.

    Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

    What anger worse or slower to abate than lovers love when it turns to hate.

    Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

    Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world.

    I sacrifice to no god save myself And to my belly, greatest of deities.

    Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise.

    There's nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.

    Life is a short affair we should try to make it smooth, and free from strife

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

    Slight not what's near, when aiming at what's far.

    Do not consider painful what is good for you.

    Time will reveal everything to posterity it is a babbler and speaks even when no question is put

    There is the sky, which is all men's together.


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