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Euripides Quotes - Page 8

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

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

Depression, Sadness, Adversity

Euripides (2013). “Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion”, p.20, University of Chicago Press

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

Wise, Courage, Men

Euripides (1959). “Euripides: Ion. Rhesus. The Suppliant women. Orestes. Iphigenia in Aulis. Electra. The Phoenician women. The Bacchae”

Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers

Judgement, Sound, Seers

To generous souls every task is noble.

Generosity, Soul, Tasks

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

Literature, Wells, Seers

Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man.

Hate, Heart, Men

Euripides (2013). “Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus”, p.195, University of Chicago Press

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

Wise, Men, Ideas

"Sisyphus". Play by Euripides, 415 BCE.

Knowledge is not wisdom: cleverness is not, not without awareness of our death, not without recalling just how brief our flare is. He who overreaches will, in his overreaching, lose what he possesses, betray what he has now. That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human, the unattainably great, is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them.

Believe, Mad, Awareness

Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow, a herb most bruised is woman.

Women, Earth, Herbs

Euripides (2013). “Medea”, p.25, Lulu.com

Gods should not resemble men in their anger!

Men, Should

Euripides, G. S. Kirk (1979). “Bacchae of Euripides”, p.136, CUP Archive

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.

Character, Men, Righteous Man

"Aegeus". Play by Euripides, 431 BCE.

There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.

Men, Law, Cities

Euripides (1863). “The Tragedies of Euripides: Hercules furens. The Troades. Ion. Andromache. Suppliants. Helen. Electra. Cyclops. Rhesus”, p.175

Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.

Wise, Dream, Thinking

All is change; all yields its place and goes.

Inspirational, Change, Yield

Euripides (2013). “Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion”, p.20, University of Chicago Press

Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.

Soul, Affection, Chains

Euripides (2013). “Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus”, p.202, University of Chicago Press

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

Mother Daughter, Fathers Day, Dad

What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.

Death, Sorry, Men

Euripides (1942). “Euripides”

Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths.

Communication, Mouths, Misery

Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.

Sweet, Safety, Remembrance

"Andromeda". Play by Euripides, 412 BCE.

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

Marriage, Beauty, Girl

Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts”

The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.

Sympathy, Men, He Man

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

Wise, Wisdom, Men

Euripides, Rex Warner (1993). “Medea”, p.39, Courier Corporation

Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.

Prayer, Lying, Men

"Alcestis". Play by Euripides, 438 BCE.

Your very silence shows you agree.

Book, Beer, Silence

Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps.

Sadness, Age, Helping

Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.119, University of Chicago Press

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