Source: Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts
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“courage is the gift of character”
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.”
Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides
Source: Medea
“Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.”
Source: The Complete Euripides: Volume V: Medea and Other Plays
“tell me how does it feel with my teeth in your heart!”
Source: The Complete Euripides: Volume V: Medea and Other Plays
Source: Medea
“When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.”
Source: Medea
“He who believes needs no explanation.”
Source: Bacchai
“Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.”
“Youth holds no society with grief.”
Source: The Tragedies of Euripides
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes.”
“All is change; all yields its place and goes.”
Source: Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion
“Who knows but life be that which men call death, And death what men call life?”
Source: Euripides: Alcestis. The Medea. The Heracleidae. Hippolytus. The Cyclops. Heracles. Iphigenia in Tauris. Helen. Hecuba. Andromache. The Trojan women
“Money is the wise man's religion.”
Source: Euripides
“A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.”
Source: Euripides
“This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.”
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“Many a maiden, With white feet glancing light as air, Made happy music through the gloom.”
“There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.”
Source: Euripides
“Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper.”
Source: Euripides
Source: Medea
“Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. Love, Light, Blessings”
“An ally need not own the land he helps.”
Source: Euripides
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“Often a noble face hides filthy ways.”
Source: Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra
“Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.”
Source: Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts
“Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.”
Source: Euripides: Alcestis. The Medea. The Heracleidae. Hippolytus. The Cyclops. Heracles. Iphigenia in Tauris. Helen. Hecuba. Andromache. The Trojan women
Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Euripides (Illustrated)
“The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.”
Source: Euripides: With an English Translation
“Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle.”
Source: Euripides
“There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.”
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.”
Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides
“Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.”
Source: Euripides III: Orestes, Iphigenia in Aulis, Electra, The Phoenician women, The Bacchae
“Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.”
“The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.”
Source: Euripides: Ion. Rhesus. The Suppliant women. Orestes. Iphigenia in Aulis. Electra. The Phoenician women. The Bacchae
“Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man.”
Source: Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus
“Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy.”