“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Cleverness is not wisdom.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Do not mistake the rule of force
for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“He who believes needs no explanation.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Isn’t it delightful to forget how old we are?”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“The wisest men follow their own direction.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Every man is like the company he wont to keep.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Who dares not speak his free thought is a slave.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“It's human; we all put self interest first.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“death is the only water to wash away this dirt”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“A bad beginning makes a bad ending.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“The wisest men follow their own direction
And listen to no prophet guiding them.
None but the fools believe in oracles,
Forsaking their own judgment.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“Do not consider painful what is good for you.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“To generous souls every task is noble.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“To me, a wicked man who is also eloquent seems the most guilty of them all. He'll cut your throat as bold as brass, because he can dress up murder in handsome words.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)