Euripides Quotes

» Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

» There is just one life for each of us: our own.

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

» Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

» This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

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

» I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

» Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

» He is not a lover who does not love forever.

» Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.

» The greatest pleasure of life is love.

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

» Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

» He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

» 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.

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

» Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

» Do not consider painful what is good for you.

» Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

» There is the sky, which is all men's together.

» Much effort, much prosperity.

» The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

» The best of seers is he who guesses well.

» Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

» Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

» Prosperity is full of friends.

» Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

» The lucky person passes for a genius.

» In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

» Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

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

» Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

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

» 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.

» Authority is never without hate.

» Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

» Cleverness is not wisdom.

» Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

» Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.

» When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

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

» 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.

» No one who lives in error is free.

» Friends show their love in times of trouble.

» Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

» One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

» The wavering mind is but a base possession.

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

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

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

» The bold are helpless without cleverness.

» Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.

» Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

» Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

» New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

» No one is happy all his life long.

» Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

» God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

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

» Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

» Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

» Leave no stone unturned.

» Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.

» To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

» Better a serpent than a stepmother!

» 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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