The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city. — Euripides Copy Share Image
That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing. — Euripides Copy Share Image
“The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind, bravery is forethought.” — Euripides Copy Share Image
The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward. — Euripides Copy Share Image
I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men. — Euripides Copy Share Image
The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of… — Euripides Copy Share Image
High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief. — Euripides Copy Share Image
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the… — Euripides Copy Share Image
It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior. — Euripides Copy Share Image
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it. — Euripides Copy Share Image
Happy the man whose lot it is to know The secrets of the earth. He hastens not To work his fellows hurt… — Euripides Copy Share Image
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not… — Euripides Copy Share Image
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses ... I have been versed in… — Euripides Copy Share Image
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure… — Euripides Copy Share Image
Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the… — Euripides Copy Share Image
Mankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to… — Euripides Copy Share Image
What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say? — Euripides Copy Share Image
The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life. — Euripides Copy Share Image
In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story. — Euripides Copy Share Image
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice… — Euripides Copy Share Image
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; a viper is not more hateful. — Euripides Copy Share Image
“What greater sorrow than being forced to leave behind my native earth?” — Euripides Copy Share Image
“You don't know what your life is, nor what you're doing, nor who you are.” — Euripides Copy Share Image
Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much… — Euripides Copy Share Image
“Dreams of the proud man, making great And greater ever, Things which are not of God. In wide And devious coverts, hunter-wise, He coucheth… — Euripides Copy Share Image
There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains. — Euripides Copy Share Image
Soon all of you immortals Will be as dead as we are! Come on then, what are you waiting for? Have you run out… — Euripides Copy Share Image
