Euripides Quotes About Literature

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  • He is not a lover who does not love forever.

  • Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

    Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.40, University of Chicago Press
  • Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise

  • Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

    Euripides (1931). “Four plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, & Iphigeneia among the Taurians”, Stanford University Press
  • Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

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    Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Rhesus, translated by R. Lattimore. The suppliant women, translated by F. Jones. Orestes, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Iphigenia in Aulis, translated by C. R. Walker”
  • Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

    "Pirithous". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.
  • But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.

    Euripides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Euripides (Illustrated)”, p.25, Delphi Classics
  • The wavering mind is but a base possession.

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

    Euripides (1958). “Euripides”
  • No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.

  • Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

    "Antiope". Play by Euripides, 410 BCE.
  • Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

    Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”
  • Prosperity is full of friends.

    Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts”
  • New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

    Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “The Complete Greek Tragedies”
  • The lucky person passes for a genius.

    Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles (1960). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”
  • Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

    Euripides (2013). “Iphigenia in Tauris,, alone by the shore”, p.18, Lulu.com
  • The best of seers is he who guesses well.

  • This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

    Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.114, University of Chicago Press
  • Much effort, much prosperity.

    Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”
  • Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

    "Rhesus". Play by Euripides, circa 435 BCE.
  • Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

    "Pirithous". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.
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