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