“Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.”
Source: The Alcestis of Euripides: An English Version
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“A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.”
“You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.”
Source: The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse
“My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.”
Source: Euripides: Alcestis. The Medea. The Heracleidae. Hippolytus. The Cyclops. Heracles. Iphigenia in Tauris. Helen. Hecuba. Andromache. The Trojan women
“Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.”
Source: Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
“It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.”
Source: Medea
“I sacrifice to no god save myself - And to my belly, greatest of deities.”
“What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers love when it turns to hate.”
“I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.”
“The gift of a bad man can bring no good.”
Source: Euripides
Source: Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus
“You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.”
“Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.”
“All men know their children mean more than life.”
Source: Euripides
“If your life at night is good, you think you have everything.”
Source: Medea
“A wise fellow who is also worthless always charms the rabble.”
“Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.”
Source: Euripides
“There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.”
Source: Medea
“The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.”
“This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.”
Source: Euripides, 2: Hippolytus, Suppliant Women, Helen, Electra, Cyclops
“Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.”
Source: The tragedies of Euripides translated [by R. Potter]. by R. Potter
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”
Source: Euripides
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.”
“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”
Source: Iphigenia among the Taurians, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Rhesus