More Euripides Quotes

1. 'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore. ...
   
2. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. ...
   
3. A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is d ...
   
4. A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too ...
   
5. A nation which has forgotten the quality of courag ...
   
6. A second wife is hateful to the children of the fi ...
   
7. A sweet thing, for whatever time,
   to revisit in ...
   
8. Account no man happy till he dies. ...
   
9. Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. ...
   
10. Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. ...
    
11. Authority is never without hate. ...
    
12. Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. ...
    
13. Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstan ...
    
14. Cleverness is not wisdom. ...
    
15. Courage may be taught as a child is taught to spea ...
    
16. Cowards do not count in battle they are there, but ...
    
17. Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes. ...
    
18. Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead. ...
    
19. Do not consider painful what is good for you. ...
    
20. Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's a ...
    
21. Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves ...
    
22. Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for ...
    
23. Events will take their course, it is no good of be ...
    
24. Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. ...
    
25. For with slight efforts how should we obtain great ...
    
26. Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err. ...
    
27. Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment ...
    
28. Friends show their love in times of trouble. ...
    
29. God hates violence. He has ordained that all men f ...
    
30. Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters ...
    
31. He is not a lover who does not love forever. ...
    
32. He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. ...
    
33. Human excellence means nothing unless it works wit ...
    
34. Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is ...
    
35. I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or le ...
    
36. I hate it in friends when they come too late to he ...
    
37. I have found power in the mysteries of thought, ex ...
    
38. I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but strong ...
    
39. I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, ...
    
40. I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than ...
    
41. Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ...
    
42. Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. ...
    
43. In case of dissension, never dare to judge till yo ...
    
44. In misfortune, which friend remains a friend? ...
    
45. In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best. ...
    
46. It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the ...
    
47. It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that ...
    
48. Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they ...
    
49. Judge a tree from its fruit not from the leaves. ...
    
50. Leave no stone unturned. ...
    
51. Life has no blessing like a prudent friend. ...
    
52. Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest. ...
    
53. Love is all we have, the only way that each can he ...
    
54. Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ...
    
55. Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy. ...
    
56. Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. ...
    
57. Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of ...
    
58. Much effort, much prosperity. ...
    
59. My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged. ...
    
60. Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain. ...
    
61. New faces have more authority than accustomed ones ...
    
62. No one can confidently say that he will still be l ...
    
63. No one is happy all his life long. ...
    
64. No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, ...
    
65. No one who lives in error is free. ...
    
66. Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. ...
    
67. Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth ...
    
68. One does nothing who tries to console a despondent ...
    
69. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. ...
    
70. Prosperity is full of friends. ...
    
71. Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosp ...
    
72. Second thoughts are ever wiser. ...
    
73. Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings. ...
    
74. Silence is true wisdom's best reply. ...
    
75. Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too ...
    
76. Slight not what's near through aiming at what's fa ...
    
77. Slow but sure moves the might of the gods. ...
    
78. Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ...
    
79. Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred withou ...
    
80. The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in ...
    
81. The best of seers is he who guesses well. ...
    
82. The bold are helpless without cleverness. ...
    
83. The company of just and righteous men is better th ...
    
84. The day is for honest men, the night for thieves. ...
    
85. The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them. ...
    
86. The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the ch ...
    
87. The good and the wise lead quiet lives. ...
    
88. The greatest pleasure of life is love. ...
    
89. The lucky person passes for a genius. ...
    
90. The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my m ...
    
91. The wavering mind is but a base possession. ...
    
92. The wisest men follow their own direction. ...
    
93. There is in the worst of fortune the best of chanc ...
    
94. There is just one life for each of us: our own. ...
    
95. There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man. ...
    
96. There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of ...
    
97. There is the sky, which is all men's together. ...
    
98. This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly wha ...
    
99. This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. ...
    
100. Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes m ...
     
101. Time cancels young pain. ...
     
102. Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and need ...
     
103. To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is co ...
     
104. Unhappiness remembering happiness. ...
     
105. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. ...
     
106. Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: on ...
     
107. What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers lo ...
     
108. What greater grief than the loss of one's native l ...
     
109. What is a seer? A man who with luck tells the trut ...
     
110. When a man's stomach is full it makes no differenc ...
     
111. When good men die their goodness does not perish, ...
     
112. When love is in excess it brings a man nor honor n ...
     
113. Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave. ...
     
114. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. ...
     
115. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the pa ...
     
116. You were a stranger to sorrow therefore Fate has c ...
     
117. Your very silence shows you agree. ...
     
118. Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best ti ...