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 wife sympathetic
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
wise money men
Money is the wise man's religion.
happiness wise abundance
Enough is abundance to the wise.
toil reputation fame
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
wine no-love bottles-of-wine
Where there is no wine there is no love.
blow men wind
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
hate cups
Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour
wine sorrow rich
Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.
healing optimism chance
There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
hurt character men
When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.
mean power suffering
This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong.
heaven moderation
Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
death dying tomorrow
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
wise wisdom second-thoughts
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.