Euripides Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

  Euripides

  Inspirational, Life, Education

  Euripides (1931). “Four plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, & Iphigeneia among the Taurians”, Stanford University Press

• He is not a lover who does not love forever.

  Euripides

  Love, Life, Romantic

• Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

  Euripides

  Character, Gold, Literature

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

• Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

  Euripides

  Fighting, Literature, Prudent

  "Pirithous". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.

• Prosperity is full of friends.

  Euripides

  Literature, Prosperity

  Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts”

• No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.

  Euripides

  Freedom, Law, People

• Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

  Euripides

  Strength, Don't Give Up, Literature

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.40, University of Chicago Press

• Much effort, much prosperity.

  Euripides

  Meaningful, Effort, Literature

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

• This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

  Euripides

  Freedom, Literature, Slavery

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes”, p.114, University of Chicago Press

• Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

  Euripides

  Ignorance, Adversity, Ignorant

  "Antiope". Play by Euripides, 410 BCE.

• The lucky person passes for a genius.

  Euripides

  Gambling, Lucky, Genius

  Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles (1960). “The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides”

• New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

  Euripides

  Literature, Faces, Authority

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “The Complete Greek Tragedies”

• Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

  Euripides

  Forgiveness, Son, Men

  Euripides (1958). “Euripides”

• Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

  Euripides

  Eye, Sunshine, Men

  Euripides (2013). “Iphigenia in Tauris,, alone by the shore”, p.18, Lulu.com

• But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.

  Euripides

  Debt, Literature, Pay

  Euripides (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Euripides (Illustrated)”, p.25, Delphi Classics

• Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

  Euripides

  Happiness, Happy, Joy

  Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Rhesus, translated by R. Lattimore. The suppliant women, translated by F. Jones. Orestes, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Iphigenia in Aulis, translated by C. R. Walker”

• Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

  Euripides

  Literature, Helping, Judgment

  "Pirithous". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.

• Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

  Euripides

  Literature, Parliament

  "Rhesus". Play by Euripides, circa 435 BCE.

• The wavering mind is but a base possession.

  Euripides

  Decision, Mind, Literature

• The best of seers is he who guesses well.

  Euripides

  Literature, Wells, Seers

• Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise

  Euripides

  Wise, Literature, Influence

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