Quotes from Euripides

Twould please me best to fight these Greeks alone.

Her ÅŸey deÄŸiÅŸir. Her ÅŸey yerini bulur ve sonra yok olur.

SERV. I see you rather seeming to hasten than hastening.

ETEO. Having chosen them for boldness, or prudence in judgment? CRE. For both; for one without the other availeth nothing.

But if Diana hath wished to receive my body, shall I, being mortal, become an opponent to the Goddess! But it can not be. I give my body for Greece. Sacrifice it, and sack Troy. For this for a long time will be my memorial, and this my children, my wedding, and my glory. But it is meet that Greeks should rule over barbarians, O mother, but not barbarians over Greeks, for the one is slavish, but the others are free.

This has long since been my established opinion, the just man is born for his neighbors; but he who has a mind bent upon gain is both useless to the city and disagreeable to deal with, but best for himself.

Had I succeeded, I'd be called wise: our wisdom depends on our success.

but by his present fortune he proclaims clearly to all mortals to learn not to envy him who seems prosperous, till one sees him dead, as fortune is but for the day.

The men of old times had little sense;/If you called them fools you wouldn't be far wrong./They invented songs, and all the sweetness of music,/To perform at feasts, banquets, and celebrations;/But no one thought of using/Songs and stringed instruments/To banish the bitterness and pain of life.

I shall weep for you—not just one year but as long as life shall last. Yes, my love, forever. And I'll hate her who gave me birth, and curse my father. Their love was only words; but you, you gave me the most precious thing you had, to save my life. The loss—the loss of one like you— how can I not cry out in pain?

no man, is ever happy, no one.

A fool will think you are an idiot if you talk sense to him.

We understand and recognize what is good, but we do not labor to bring it to fulfillment, some of us out of laziness, some because we put something else, some pleasure, before virtue--and there are many pleasures in life, long conversations and indolence-that pleasing vice..

Tanr? kimi yok etmek isterse, önce onun akl?n? al?r.

Because you suffer, why should you so arrogantly include all women in one general reproach?

Dire and beyond all healing is the hate When hearts that loved are turned to enmity.

Odysseus. Say, Diomede, wilt make the men thy share, Or catch the steeds and leave the fight to me? Diomede. I take the killing, thou the stablery: It needs keen wit and a neat hand.

Not to me. Not when I'm looking after you

The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.

Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.

Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we experience.