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
greek-poet love
Friends show their love in times of trouble.
friendship positive true-friend
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
honesty night men
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
honesty integrity believe
A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
toil ifs unbelief
If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.
worst-enemy enemy your-best-friend
Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground.
daughter pain children
Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.
envy praying
Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!
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.
not-giving-up hopeless hopelessness
Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.
honest-woman honest remember
Remember this! No amount of Bacchic reveling can corrupt an honest woman.
envy want poverty
Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues.
anger contest fall lets man wise
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise