Euripides Quotes

To the worker, God himself lends aid.

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.

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.

courage is the gift of character

When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.

Fate finds for every man; his share of misery.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.

I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.

Time will cure you, but now is your grief still young.

A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.

If the gods do evil then they are not gods.

Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.

According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.

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

Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. Love, Light, Blessings

To generous souls every task is noble.

All is change; all yields its place and goes.

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

Love's all in all to women.

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

Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.

Only a madman would give good for evil

Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Virtue proceeds through effort.

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

You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths.

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

A woman should always stand by a woman.

Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another.

Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with.

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

Nothing's as good as holding on to safety.

Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.

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

Life is short, yet sweet.