Men Quotes by Euripides

The life of men is painful.

— Euripides

The man whom heaven helps has friends enough.

— Euripides

Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper.

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Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.

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How dark are all the ways of god to man!

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The gift of a bad man can bring no good.

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When good men die their goodness does not perish.

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Account no man happy till he dies.

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“The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.”

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Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.

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Surely again, to heal men's wounds by music's spell.

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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.

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It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.

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It would not be better if men got what they wanted.

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I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.

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Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

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All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!

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The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.

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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…

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Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death…

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A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.

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Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the…

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Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters.

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No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each…

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Happy the man whose lot it is to know The secrets of the earth. He hastens not To work his fellows hurt…

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I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else…

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There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not…

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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…

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In my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with…

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Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or…

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Mankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to…

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Fate finds for every man; his share of misery.

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The gifts of bad men bring no good with them.

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Dead men have no victory.

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Every man is like the company he wont to keep.

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There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

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It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.

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The wisest men follow their own direction.

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Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.

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All men know their children mean more than life.

— Euripides