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
wisdom hurt intelligence
We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.
fate men stronger
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses ... I have been versed in the reasonings of men but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.
emotional joy despair
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.
life sweet life-is-short
Life is short, yet sweet.
fear men promise
A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.
death men life-is
Who knows but life be that which men call death, And death what men call life?
change yield
All is change; all yields its place and goes.
being-happy heart bears
There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.
evil stronger criminal-mind
I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.
life men race
Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of men obey. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis. He is not a lover who does not love for ever.
dance light air
Many a maiden, With white feet dancing light as air, Made happy music through the gloom.
sight luck enemy
There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.
gossip littles tongue
Out of some little thing, too free a tongue can make an outrageous wrangle.
drinking beer men
The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.