Men Quotes by Euripides · Page 2

The wisest men follow their own direction.

— Euripides

Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.

— Euripides

Every man is like the company he wont to keep.

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.

— Euripides

Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

— Euripides

High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.

— Euripides

A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.

— Euripides

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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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The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of…

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage…

— Euripides

A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue.

— Euripides

Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the…

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

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

— Euripides

I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.

— Euripides

When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.

— Euripides

Let mortal man keep to his own Mortality, and not expect too much.

— Euripides

How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.

— Euripides

What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say?

— Euripides

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.

— Euripides

Happy the man who from the sea escapes the storm and finds harbor.

— Euripides

The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.

— Euripides

Women's love is for their men, not for their children.

— Euripides

Poverty possesses this disease; through want it teaches a man evil.

— Euripides

When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.

— Euripides

The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.

— Euripides

Keep alive the light of justice, And much that men say in blame will pass you by.

— Euripides

Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.

— Euripides

The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.

— Euripides

Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another.

— Euripides