Euripides Quotes

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

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

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

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

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

To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.

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

The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.

Disaster appears, to crush one man now, but afterward another.

Mobs in their emotions are much like children, subject to the same tantrums and fits of fury.

The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.

Neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman.

Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps.

O virtue, I have followed you through life, and find you at last but a shade.

Woman is woman's natural ally.

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

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.

A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.

Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.

The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

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

Where there is no wine there is no love.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise

Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.

Where there are two, one cannot be wretched, and one not.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought.

Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!

High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.

Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.

The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.

Youth holds no society with grief.

If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.

Know we how many tomorrows the gods intend for our todays.

How dark are all the ways of god to man!

Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.

The gift of a bad man can bring no good.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

In life, the worst disasters come from passion.

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