Euripides
Euripides
Euripideswas a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived, with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
wise men tasks
When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
long imagine worst
When someone isn't seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.
mankind
Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.
riches care i-care
I care for riches, to make gifts.
wise ignorant seems
To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.
mind done littles
The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.
misery
The childless escape much misery.
feet mexican libertarian
It is better to die on your feet than be called for offensive pass interference.
grief past love-is
Time will explain it all. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
heart men keys
May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.
wise heart men
It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
wise men unjust
In my opinion, the unjust man whose tongue is full of glozing rhetoric, merits the heaviest punishment; vaunting that he can with his tongue gloze over injustice, he dares to act wickedly, yet he is not over-wise.
eye sunshine men
Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
sacrifice blood cures
Blood streams in sacrifice; yet anguish finds no cure.