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
men choices religion
Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another.
men religion
What is god, what is not god, what is between man and god, who shall say?
giving retribution dues
God gives each his due at the time allotted.
sex night thinking
If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.
destiny men tears
Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.
safety holding-on security
Nothing's as good as holding on to safety.
silence tongue truest
The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.
men enough sufficiency
Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.
men law cities
The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.
running grief giving
Our lives ... are but a little while, so let them run as sweetly as you can, and give no thought to grief from day to day. For time is not concerned to keep our hopes, but hurries on its business, and is gone.
toil ifs unbelief
If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.
men heaven helping
The man whom heaven helps has friends enough.
dark men way
How dark are all the ways of god to man!
marriage men winning
A rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women.