“Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.”
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Famous Euripides Quotes
“A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.”
Source: Euripides
“He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.”
“It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.”
Source: Bacchae of Euripides
Source: The Bacchae: And Other Plays: Ion, The Women of Troy, Helen, The Bacchae
“When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.”
“The wisest men follow their own direction.”
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“Money is the wise man's religion.”
Source: Euripides
“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
Source: Medea
“A wise fellow who is also worthless always charms the rabble.”
“Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.”
Source: The Tragedies of Euripides
“It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.”
Source: Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
“Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.”
Source: Three Great Plays of Euripides
“It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.”
Source: Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus
“Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.”
Source: Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus
“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