Top 434 Quotes & Sayings by Euripides - Page 2
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Last updated on November 15, 2024.
The wavering mind is but a base possession.
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
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.
Prosperity is full of friends.
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.
When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.
It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.
No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.
Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]
Time will unveil all things to posterity.
When good men die their goodness does not perish.
Money is the wise man's religion.
A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.
There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.
Common sense is the best prophet.
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.
We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.
Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.
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.
Enough is abundance to the wise.
It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.
Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday.
The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.
Terrible is the force of the waves of sea, terrible is the rush of the river and the blasts of hot fire, and terrible are a thousand other things; but none is such a terrible evil as woman.
To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue.
Action achieves more than words.
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
Neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman.
A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments.
Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.
Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.
Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.
There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
I have found power in the mysteries of thought.
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise
A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
All men know their children mean more than life.
The wisest men follow their own direction.
Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world?
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