Quotes from Euripides

The best of seers is he who guesses well.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

God, these old men!How they pray for death! How heavythey find this life in the slow drag of days!And yet, when Death comes near them,You will not find one who will rise and walk with him, not one whose years are still a burden to him.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought,exaltation in the chanting of the Muses;I have been versed in the reasonings of men;but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.

These men won eight victories over the Syracusans when the favor of the gods was equal for both sides.

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

What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride — nothing is secure, nothing keeps.

O mortal man, think mortal thoughts!

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.

A second wife is hateful to the children of the first a viper is not more hateful.

Account no man happy till he dies.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.

Courage may be taught as a child is taught to speak.

Cowards do not count in battle they are there, but not in it.

Do we, holding that gods exist, deceive ourselves with unsubstantiated dreams, and lies, while random careless chance and change alone rule the world

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God.

Judge a tree from its fruit not from the leaves.

Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.

Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.