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
greatness power hands
Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.
mistake men true-power
Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
moving divine-power power-moves
The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.
mean power suffering
This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong.
life wise power
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
brave earth ether fatherland wide
The whole wide ether is the eagle's way: The whole earth is a brave man's fatherland
anger god greek-poet whom wishes
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.
greek-poet love
Friends show their love in times of trouble.
dead future learning loses past youth
Who so neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead to the future.'
education themselves travel
Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves
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.
alone brunt conscience life quite stands throughout
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.
wisdom wise
He is wise that is wise to himself.