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
blow men wind
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
money food men
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
nature men sky
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
drinking men dancing
If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.
judging tree fruit
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
meaningful effort literature
Much effort, much prosperity.
kind goodness all-kinds
In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.
stepmothers serpent
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
happiness attitude anger
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
freedom literature slavery
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
speak slave free-thought
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
speak slave free-thought
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
effort virtue
Virtue proceeds through effort.
death dying tomorrow
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.