Euripides Quotes (134 Quotes)

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

It is change all yields its place and goes.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

Slight not what is near, while aiming at what is far.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.

But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

If we could be twice young and twice old, we could correct all our mistakes.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves

Noble fathers have noble children.

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

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

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

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

What we look for does not come to pass. God finds a way for what none foresaw.

Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.

Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.

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

He is wise that is wise to himself.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

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