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
sex thinking night
If your life at night is good, you think you have everything.
honesty wealth ill
Ill-gotten wealth is never stable.
flames yield giving
When roused to rage the maddening populace storms, their fury, like a rolling flame, bursts forth unquenchable; but give its violence ways, it spends itself, and as its force abates, learns to obey and yields it to your will.
men painful
The life of men is painful.
humility son winning
Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.
home should be-good
A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing.
pain young
Time cancels young pain.
nice
A change is always nice.
kings cities evil
Doth some one say that there be gods above? There are not; no, there are not. Let no fool, Led by the old false fable, thus deceive you. Look at the facts themselves, yielding my words No undue credence: for I say that kings Kill, rob, break oaths, lay cities waste by fraud, And doing thus are happier than those Who live calm pious lives day after day All divinity Is built-up from our good and evil luck.
money logical-arguments persuasive
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
daughter wrestling home
The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches...
men giving benefits
There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
wise charm fellows
A wise fellow who is also worthless always charms the rabble.
happiness men accounts
Account no man happy till he dies.