Euripides

The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.

What mortal claims, by searching to the utmost limit, to have found out the nature of God, or of his opposite, or of that which comes between, seeing as he doth this world of man tossed to and fro by waves of contradiction and strange vicissitudes?,Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?,Leave no stone unturned.

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

Not for the first time I find our lives are a shadow, and I am not afraid to say that people who think they have everything figured out and are masters of logic - they are responsible for the greatest folly. No human being is happy. Strike it rich and you are luckier than your neighbor - but happy, never.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course a quiet conscience.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

When one with honeyed words but evil mindPersuades the mob, great woes befall the state.

For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many thoughts of blood.

O what will she do, a soul bitten into with wrong?,Not yet do you feel it. Wait for the future.

Again, where the people are absolute rulers of the land, they rejoice in having the openness and exuberance of youth, while a tyrant counts this a danger, and seeks to slay or silence those possessed of spirit, while the discreet fear his power and violence.

Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.

Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Your very silence shows you agree.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.

Gone is the trust to be placed in oaths; I cannot understand if the gods you swore by then no longer rule, or men live by new standards of what is right.

Soon all of you immortalsWill be as dead as we are! Come on then, what are you waiting for?Have you run out of thunderbolts?,The wisest men follow their own direction.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

We understand and recognize what is good, but we do not labor to bring it to fulfillment, some of us out of laziness, some because we put something else, some pleasure, before virtue--and there are many pleasures in life, long conversations and indolence-that pleasing vice. .

To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have bought a husband, we must then accept him as possessor of our body.

How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.

Let a man accept his destiny. No pity and no tears.

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

No one is happy all his life long.

No one is happy all his life long.

No one is happy all his life long.

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

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

All is change all yields its place and goes.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

It was my tongue that swore my heart is unsworn.

One man two loves. No good ever comes of that.

This is courage . . . to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

To persevere trusting in what hopes he has is courage. The coward despairs.

The coward despairs.

To die is a debt we must all of us discharge.

A wise fellow who is also worthless always charms the rabble.

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

This is courage . . . to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

It is a good thing to be rich it is a good thing to be strong but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

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

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity is full of friends.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

I would prefer as a friend a good man who is ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

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

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

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

No one is happy all his life long.

No one is happy all his life long.

No one is happy all his life long.

No one is happy all his life long.

No one is happy all his life long.

The worst the least curable hatred is that which has superseded deep love.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

Noble fathers have noble children.

Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.

Men are men they needs must err.

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

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

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

There is as much confusion in the world of the gods as in ours.

Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!,To persevere trusting in what hopes he has is courage in a man. The coward despairs.

Positive Thinking Is Practical There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

No one is happy all his life long.

The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

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

The same man cannot be skilled in everything each has his special excellence.

Happiness greatness pride-nothing is secure nothing keeps.

To persevere trusting in what hopes he has is courage. The coward despairs.

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

What we look for does not come to pass. God finds a way for what none foresaw.

Enjoy yourself drink call the life you live today your own-but only that the rest belongs to chance.

There is no worse evil than a bad woman and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

Old loves are dropped when new ones come,Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

In childbirth grief begins.

Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

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

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

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

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

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

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

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 good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

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

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

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

Much effort, much prosperity. .