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Euripides Quotes about Happiness

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

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”

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1958). “The complete Greek tragedies”

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.

"Plutarch's Morals: Ethical Essays". Book edited and translated by Arthur Richard Shilleto, 1888.

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

Euripides (2012). “Medea”, p.40, Courier Corporation

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

Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Rhesus, translated by R. Lattimore. The suppliant women, translated by F. Jones. Orestes, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Iphigenia in Aulis, translated by C. R. Walker”