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
work trying firsts
Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.
children mean men
All men know their children mean more than life.
character presidential stamps
Character is "a stamp of good repute on a person."
god sacrifice deities
I sacrifice to no god save myself- And to my belly, greatest of deities.
fool sound speak
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
fate sorrow stranger
You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.
men sick done
I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness; once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
mind tongue stills
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
children father sin
The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
art math geometry
Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.
logic reason reason-and-logic
Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.
two-friends hatred strange
It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.
wise
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise
evil giving madmen
Only a madman would give good for evil