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
book beer silence
Your very silence shows you agree.
life kindness anger
Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
speak slave free-thought
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
god moving might
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.
effort desire foolish
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.
stepmothers serpent
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
kind goodness all-kinds
In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.
love men honor
When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.
real army trouble
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
courage men heaven
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
judging tree fruit
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
inspirational grief yesterday
Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday.
men wife sympathetic
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
wise money men
Money is the wise man's religion.