Quotes from Euripides

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.

The wisest men follow their own direction.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

My love for you was greater than my wisdom.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.

tell me how does it feel with my teeth in your heart!

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

Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.

Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.

I'd three times sooner go to war than suffer childbirth once.

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

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

Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.

The language of truth is simple.

The worst, the least curable hatred is that which has superseded deep love.

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.