Euripides
talk sense fool foolish
“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
cleverness wisdom
“Cleverness is not wisdom.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
mistake force power men shape
“Do not mistake the rule of force
for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
believe belief explanation
“He who believes needs no explanation.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
dekightful forget old
“Isn’t it delightful to forget how old we are?”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
anger ear excess kindness respect
“Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
question everything learn something answer nothing
“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
slavery speak thought
“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
wisest men follow direction
“The wisest men follow their own direction.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
die feet live knees
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
nothing hopeless hope everything
“Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
strength necessity
“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
chance fight side prudent
“Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
man like company
“Every man is like the company he wont to keep.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
dare speak free thought slave
“Who dares not speak his free thought is a slave.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
man valuable sense believe
“Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
worst fortune best chance happy change
“There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
human self-interest first
“It's human; we all put self interest first.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
happiest happy live day garner goodess life
“The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
death water wash dirt
“death is the only water to wash away this dirt”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
bad beginning ending
“A bad beginning makes a bad ending.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
wise direction prophet guide believe oracle forsake judgement
“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)
consider painful good
“Do not consider painful what is good for you.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
generous soul task noble
“To generous souls every task is noble.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
wicked man eloquent guilty throat murder handsome words
“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)