Euripides quotes

Born
 c. 480 BC Salamis.

Died
c. 406 BC.

Occupation
Poet.

Euripides was an Ancient Greek poet.

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man’s eyes.
– Euripides

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
– Euripides

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
– Euripides

Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
– Euripides

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
– Euripides

Leave no stone unturned.
– Euripides

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

The wavering mind is but a base possession.
– Euripides

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
– Euripides

The greatest pleasure of life is love.
– Euripides

Some wisdom you must learn from one who’s wise.
– Euripides

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

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

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
– Euripides

The best of seers is he who guesses well.
– Euripides

Much effort, much prosperity.
– Euripides

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

The bold are helpless without cleverness.
– Euripides

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
– Euripides

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
– Euripides

Luckier than one’s neighbor, but still not happy.
– Euripides

Better a serpent than a stepmother!
– Euripides

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
– Euripides

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

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
– Euripides

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

There is the sky, which is all men’s together.
– Euripides

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
– Euripides

When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
– Euripides

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

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

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.
– Euripides

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.
– Euripides

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

But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
– Euripides