Euripides
Euripides
Euripideswas a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived, with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
wise ignorant seems
To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
evil giving madmen
Only a madman would give good for evil
pain children eye
What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?
struggle men dies
How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.
mankind
Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.
mind done littles
The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.
motivational
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
exaltation mystery found
I have found power in the mysteries of thought.
husband grieving waste
Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
feet mexican libertarian
It is better to die on your feet than be called for offensive pass interference.
daughter sweet father
To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.
running grief giving
Our lives ... are but a little while, so let them run as sweetly as you can, and give no thought to grief from day to day. For time is not concerned to keep our hopes, but hurries on its business, and is gone.
sex night thinking
If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.
women reflection form
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!