Quotes from Euripides

O virtue, I have followed you through life, and find you at last but a shade.

Life is short, yet sweet.

The man who melts With social sympathy though not allied Is of more worth than a thousand kinsmen.

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

The meanest life is better than the most glorious death.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

God gives each his due at the time allotted.

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

Enjoy yourself, drink, call the life you live today your own; but only that, the rest belongs to chance.

The wise with hope support the pains of life.

In life, the worst disasters come from passion.

That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a madman takes, and no one person is ever happy all the time.

It is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory.

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

Time will unveil all things to posterity.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Youth holds no society with grief.

Time cancels young pain.

When someone isn't seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.

Authority is never without hate.

Where there is no wine there is no love.