If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
EURIPIDESMan’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
More Euripides Quotes
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It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.
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Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!
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When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.
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You will not achieve happiness if you don’t work hard; and it’s a shame not to want to work hard.
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Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
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Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
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The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
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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.
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Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
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Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
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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.
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There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
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Every man is like the company he wont to keep.
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Money is the wise man’s religion.
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Surely again, to heal men’s wounds by music’s spell.
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