Euripides Quotes
It's folly that women measure their happiness with the pleasures of the bed, but they do. And when the pleasure cools or their man goes missing, all they once lived for turns dark and hateful.
What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?
Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.
Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing, they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and revenge.
Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.
I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief
To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.
What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.
It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.
A rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women.
If I could remake the world, I'd banish women, send them away with all their trouble. Then children would come from a purer source.
