Words matter. These are the best Euripides Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.
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.
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
The lucky person passes for a genius.
Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.
Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
The wavering mind is but a base possession.
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
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.
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man’s eyes.
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what’s at hand.
Ignorance of one’s misfortunes is clear gain.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
Prosperity is full of friends.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
The bold are helpless without cleverness.
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.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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.
The bold are helpless without cleverness.
Luckier than one’s neighbor, but still not happy.
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.
Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man’s eyes.
But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
Some wisdom you must learn from one who’s wise.
The best of seers is he who guesses well.
Slight not what’s near through aiming at what’s far.
The lucky person passes for a genius.
Leave no stone unturned.
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.
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Much effort, much prosperity.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
Cleverness is not wisdom.
It’s not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
There is just one life for each of us: our own.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.
Leave no stone unturned.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.
The greatest pleasure of life is love.
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.
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
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.
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
It’s not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
There is the sky, which is all men’s together.