Quotes from Euripides

Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

Dead men have no victory.

The gifts of bad men bring no good with them.

Disaster appears, to crush one man now, but afterward another.

If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.

All men know their children Mean more than life. If childless people sneer- Well, they've less sorrow. But what lonesome luck!

Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.

When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.

Let mortal man keep to his own Mortality, and not expect too much.

The gift of a bad man can bring no good.

To every man, even though he be a slave, the light of heaven is sweet.

Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.

Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters.

The life of men is painful.

Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.

Love's all in all to women.

The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward.

How dark are all the ways of god to man!

The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.

Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. Love, Light, Blessings

No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

Money is the wise man's religion.

It is a good thing to be rich it is a good thing to be strong but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday.