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
Euripides quotes about
hate heart men
Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man.
beauty humans
Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.
hope men undoing
That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.
drinking beer men
The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.
time speak eternity
Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.
fate men stronger
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses ... I have been versed in the reasonings of men but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.
evil religion atheism
If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
hate funny-friend too-late
I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.
success achievement judgement
According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.
ideas achievement knows
We know the good, we apprehend it clearly; but we can't bring it to achievement.
land justice needs
An ally need not own the land he helps.
anger contest fall lets man wise
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise