Euripides Quotes

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Euripides, a renowned Greek tragic playwright, is one of the three great tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles. His life and achievements are not well-documented.

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“Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.”

Men Hurt Mortals Wrath

Author:Euripides

“Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.”

Thinking Mortals Cleverness

Author:Euripides

“Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.”

Men Might Winning Heaven Humility Son Mortals Prize Reverence Wisest

Author:Euripides

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

Men Too Much Mortals Mortality

Book:Alcestis, a story of love

Source: Alcestis, a story of love

“Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wine and the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour out to offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are blessed.”

“That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a madman takes, and no one person is ever happy all the time.”

Thinking Way Persons Action Courses Strong Fool Foundation Fortune Mortals Madmen Prospering Strong Foundation

Book:Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion

Source: Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion

“Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?”

Ifs Dies Mortals

Author:Euripides

“I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.”

Knows Evil Stronger Mortals Fury Criminal Mind Medea

Book:Medea

Source: Medea

“Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.”

Ifs May Stills Happiness Wealth Flow Happy Neighbor Inner Peace Mortals Not Happy

Book:Medea

Source: Medea

“What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?”

Children Eye Pain Greater Sadness Youth Sad Mortals

Book:Euripides: Rhesus, translated by R. Lattimore. The suppliant women, translated by F. Jones. Orestes, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Iphigenia in Aulis, translated by C. R. Walker

Source: Euripides: Rhesus, translated by R. Lattimore. The suppliant women, translated by F. Jones. Orestes, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Iphigenia in Aulis, translated by C. R. Walker

“For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.”

Way May Wealth Pride Flow Blessed Mortals Blessedness

Author:Euripides

“Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.”

Wisdom Wise Mortals Caution Wisest Second Thoughts

Book:The Tragedies of Euripides

Source: The Tragedies of Euripides

“Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.”

Soul Levels Depth Mortals Human Condition Moderates

Author:Euripides