Euripides Quotes

The wisest men follow their own direction.

Account no man happy till he dies.

Second thoughts are ever wiser.

Time cancels young pain.

If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes.

I hate it in friends when they come too late to help.

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

This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.

A coward turns away, but a brave man’s choice is danger.

You were a stranger to sorrow therefore Fate has cursed you.

What greater grief than the loss of one’s native land.

Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

Man’s best possession is a sympathetic wife.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.

Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.

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

When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.

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