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
believe mad awareness
Knowledge is not wisdom: cleverness is not, not without awareness of our death, not without recalling just how brief our flare is. He who overreaches will, in his overreaching, lose what he possesses, betray what he has now. That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human, the unattainably great, is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them.
pain madness sanity
Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing.
crazy mad firsts
Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.
evil giving madmen
Only a madman would give good for evil
depression mad insanity
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
anger god greek-poet whom wishes
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.
education themselves travel
Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves
dead future learning loses past youth
Who so neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead to the future.'
greek-poet love
Friends show their love in times of trouble.
wisdom wise
He is wise that is wise to himself.
anger contest fall lets man wise
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise
gambling genius literature
The lucky person passes for a genius.
fate harsh reprieve
Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.
heart bitterness judgment
Rightness of judgment is bitterness to the heart.