Euripides Quotes, Thoughts and images

A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

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

Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought.

Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.

To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolish.

You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard, and it's a shame not to want to work hard.

A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.

Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.

The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments.

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

The wisest men follow their own direction.

Enough is an abundance to the wise.

Neither earth nor ocean produces a creature as savage and monstrous as woman.

Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.