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
envy praying
Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!
mistake sick mind
Do not mistake for wisdom that opinion which may rise from a sick mind.
numbers safety investing
There is safety in numbers.
time today tomorrow
Know we how many tomorrows the gods intend for our todays.
numbers fearful
Numbers are a fearful thing.
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.
nice
A change is always nice.
not-giving-up hopeless hopelessness
Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.
time grief youth
Youth holds no society with grief.
time needs speak
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
honest-woman honest remember
Remember this! No amount of Bacchic reveling can corrupt an honest woman.
mistake men true-power
Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
envy want poverty
Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues.
drinking beer men
The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.