Source: The Complete Euripides Volume V: Medea and Other Plays
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Famous Euripides Quotes
“Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?”
“If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes.”
Source: Medea
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Euripides (Illustrated)
“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
“If the gods do evil then they are not gods.”
Source: The Trojan women
“For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended.”
Source: Euripides
“You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.”
“If your life at night is good, you think you have everything.”
Source: Medea
“Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.”
Source: Euripides
Source: Euripides
“To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.”
Source: Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
“What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.”
Source: Euripides
“If god is truly god, he is perfect, lacking nothing.”
Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides
“We must believe in the gods no longer if injustice is to prevail over justice.”
Source: Ten Plays by Euripides
“If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.”
Source: Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes
Source: Euripides
Source: Medea
“If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.”
“If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.”
Source: Euripides
“If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.”
Source: Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes