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 liberty may
This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.
men cities tyrants
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.
sweet safety remembrance
Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
generosity soul noble
To generous souls every task is noble.
nature men sky
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
honesty integrity believe
A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
book beer silence
Your very silence shows you agree.
life kindness anger
Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
speak slave free-thought
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
god moving might
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.
effort desire foolish
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.
stepmothers serpent
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
kind goodness all-kinds
In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.
love men honor
When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.