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Euripides Quotes - Page 5

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The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.

The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.

Wise, Pain, House

Euripides (1954). “The Bacchae: And Other Plays: Ion, The Women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae”

The brave venture anything.

Courage, Bravery, Brave

Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground.

Worst Enemy, Enemy, Your Best Friend

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1974). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”

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.

Women, Fire, Sea

Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

Men, Circumstances

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

Work, Trying, Firsts

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

God, Food, Sacrifice

"Cyclops". Play by Euripides, circa 424-423 BCE.

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

Literature, Faces, Authority

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “The Complete Greek Tragedies”

In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.

Ideas, World, Second Thoughts

Euripides (2013). “Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus”, p.210, University of Chicago Press

In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.

Kind, Goodness, All Kinds

Much effort, much prosperity.

Meaningful, Effort, Literature

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.

Fear, Men, Promise

Euripides (1959). “Euripides: Alcestis. The Medea. The Heracleidae. Hippolytus. The Cyclops. Heracles. Iphigenia in Tauris. Helen. Hecuba. Andromache. The Trojan women”

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

Life, Positive, Graduation

For the weariest road that man may wend Is forth fromn the home of his father.

Father, Home, Men

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

Debt, Literature, Pay

Euripides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Euripides (Illustrated)”, p.25, Delphi Classics

Ill-gotten wealth is never stable.

Honesty, Wealth, Ill

Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.

Marriage, Pain, Joy

Euripides, Dudley Fitts, Robert Fitzgerald (1936). “The Alcestis of Euripides: An English Version”

Often a noble face hides filthy ways.

Hypocrite, Hypocrisy, Noble

Euripides (2013). “Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra”, p.215, University of Chicago Press

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

Silence, House, Quiet

Euripides (1808). “The Tragedies of Euripides”, p.487

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Common Sense, Prophet, Wit

Euripides (1968). “Euripides: The Cyclops, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Heracles, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Iphigenia in Tauris, translated by W. Bynner. Helen translated by R. Lattimore”

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

Wise, Wisdom, Heart

Euripides (1958). “Three Great Plays of Euripides”, Signet Book

Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wine and the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour out to offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are blessed.

Blessed, Wine, Son

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Love, Life, Romantic

Ares (The God of War) hates those who hesitate.

Hate, War, God Of War

"Heracleidae". Play by Euripides, 430 BCE.

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.

Humble, Thinking, Enemy

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