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Euripides
Greek
Poet
About the author
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Judgment
#Fortune
Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Love
#Help
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Friend
#Worth
#Relatives
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#Man
#Balance
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Soldiers
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Talk
#Sense
#Fool
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Past
#Youth
#Future
#Learning
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Wisdom
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#World
#Virtue
#Gold
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Wisdom
#Silence
Prosperity is full of friends.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Friends
#Prosperity
The best of seers is he who guesses well.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
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.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Time
#Nothing
#Friend
#Word
#Deeds
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Nothing
#Strength
#Necessity
No one who lives in error is free.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Error
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.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Acting
#People
#Will
#Law
#Wealth
#Fortune
Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Nothing
#Question
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Thought
#Slavery
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Time
#Youth
#Poor
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Man
#Idea
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Poor
#Difference
No one is happy all his life long.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Life
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Soul
#Tongue
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Courage
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Gold
#Wealth
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#God
#First
#Wishes
The bold are helpless without cleverness.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Cleverness
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Men
#Sky
There is just one life for each of us: our own.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Life
The wavering mind is but a base possession.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Mind
#Possession
The lucky person passes for a genius.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Genius
The greatest pleasure of life is love.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#Love
#Pleasure
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Quiet
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Nothing
#Daughter
#Old
#Father
Cleverness is not wisdom.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Wisdom
#Cleverness
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Evil
#Friend
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Needs
#Men
#Son
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Being
#Events
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Love
#Man
#Heaven
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
Friends show their love in times of trouble.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Love
#Trouble
#Friends
Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#Eyes
#Danger
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Men
#Violence
#Property
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Chance
But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Debt
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
Authority is never without hate.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Authority
#Hate
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Thoughts
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Success
#Wisdom
#Reputation
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Beauty
#Husband
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Authority
#Faces
Much effort, much prosperity.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Effort
#Prosperity
Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#Friend
Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Chance
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Will
#Living
#Tomorrow
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Friend
#Misfortune
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Ignorance
#Gain
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Wind
#Misery
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#Love
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet
#God
#Will
#Happiness
Leave no stone unturned.
Euripides,
Greek
Poet