Euripides – 29 Quotes

29 Quotes by Euripides

Cleverness is not wisdom.

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Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.

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The greatest pleasure of life is love.

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The best of seers is he who guesses well.

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Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

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He is not a lover who does not love forever.

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Forgive, son men are men they needs must err.

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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

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Some wisdom you must learn from one who’s wise.

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There is just one life for each of us: our own.

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Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

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Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

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Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

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To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

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Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

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Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

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

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Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

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Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

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It’s not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

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To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

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Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love.

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

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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

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Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

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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.

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