Euripides Quotes - Famous Quotes by Euripides
Born: 0480-09-23
Died: 0406-00-00
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'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
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A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.
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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today--and in fact we have forgotten.
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A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; a viper is not more hateful.
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A sweet thing, for whatever time,
to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.
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Account no man happy till he dies.
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Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
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Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
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Authority is never without hate.
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Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
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Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.
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Cleverness is not wisdom.
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Courage may be taught as a child is taught to speak.
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Cowards do not count in battle they are there, but not in it.
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Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
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Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.
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Do not consider painful what is good for you.
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Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
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Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantiated dreams, and lies, while random careless chance and change alone rule the world
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Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
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Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
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Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.
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For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results It is foolish even to desire it.
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Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
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Friends show their love in times of trouble.
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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
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Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
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He is not a lover who does not love forever.
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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
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Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God.
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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
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I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
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I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.
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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.
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I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.
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I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
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I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
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Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
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Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
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In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
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In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
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In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
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Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
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Judge a tree from its fruit not from the leaves.
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Leave no stone unturned.
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Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
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Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.
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Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
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Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
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Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
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Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
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Much effort, much prosperity.
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My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
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Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.
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New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
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No one is happy all his life long.
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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.
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No one who lives in error is free.
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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
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Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
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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.
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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
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Prosperity is full of friends.
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Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity is full of friends.
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Second thoughts are ever wiser.
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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
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Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
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Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
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Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
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Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.
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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
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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.
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The best of seers is he who guesses well.
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The bold are helpless without cleverness.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
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The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.
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The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
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The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
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The greatest pleasure of life is love.
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The lucky person passes for a genius.
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The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.
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The wavering mind is but a base possession.
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The wisest men follow their own direction.
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There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
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There is just one life for each of us: our own.
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There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course a quiet conscience.
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There is the sky, which is all men's together.
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This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
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This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
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Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
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Time cancels young pain.
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Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
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To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
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Unhappiness remembering happiness.
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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers love when it turns to hate.
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What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.
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What is a seer? A man who with luck tells the truth sometimes, with frequent falsehoods, but when his luck deserts him, collapses then and there.
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When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
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When good men die their goodness does not perish, But lives though they are gone. As for the bad, All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.
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When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor nor any worthiness.
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Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
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Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
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Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
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You were a stranger to sorrow therefore Fate has cursed you.
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Your very silence shows you agree.
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Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
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