Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
EURIPIDESChance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
More Euripides Quotes
-
-
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.
EURIPIDES -
I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend’s prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief.
EURIPIDES -
The language of truth is simple.
EURIPIDES -
Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.
EURIPIDES -
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
EURIPIDES -
Cleverness is not wisdom.
EURIPIDES -
Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.
EURIPIDES -
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
EURIPIDES -
When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
EURIPIDES -
You will not achieve happiness if you don’t work hard; and it’s a shame not to want to work hard.
EURIPIDES -
The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
EURIPIDES -
It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.
EURIPIDES -
Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.
EURIPIDES -
Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.
EURIPIDES -
Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he’s underground.
EURIPIDES