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Euripides

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“δόξει τις ἀμαθεῖ σοφὰ λέγων οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 479-480 (tr. William Arrowsmith, 1958)
“ὁρμᾶται μόλις, ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως πιστόν ⟨τι⟩ το θεῖον σθένος.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 882–884 (Bartlett's, 14th ed. 1968)
“χρηστοῖσι δούλοις συμφορὰ τὰ δεσποτῶν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 1028 (tr. T. A. W. Buckley, 1850)
“τὸ σωφρονεῖν δὲ καὶ σέβειν τὰ τῶν θεῶν κάλλιστον· οἶμαι δ᾿ αὐτὸ καὶ σοφώτατον θνητοῖσιν εἶναι κτῆμα τοῖσι χρωμένοις.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 1150–1152 (tr. William Arrowsmith, 1958)
“κρεῖσσον δὲ πλούτου καὶ βαθυσπόρου χθονός ἀνδρῶν δικαίων κἀγαθῶν ὁμιλίαι.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 7 (Bartlett's, 9th ed. 1892)
“κακὸν γυναῖκα πρὸς νέαν ζεῦξαι νέον· μακρὰ γὰρ ἰσχὺς μᾶλλον ἀρσένων μένει, θήλεια δ᾿ ἥβη θᾶσσον ἐκλείπει δέμας.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 24 (tr. J. A. Symonds, 1879)
“φεῦ φεῦ, παλαιὸς αἶνος ὡς καλῶς ἔχει· γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ὄχλος καὶ σμῆμ᾿, ὀνείρων δ᾿ ἕρπομεν μιμήματα· νοῦς δ᾿ οὐκ ἔνεστιν, οἰόμε⟨σ⟩θα δ᾿ εὖ φρονεῖν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 25 (tr. C. M. Bowra, 1938)
“κακῆς ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς γίγνεται τέλος κακόν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 32 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“ὁ χρόνος ἅπαντα τοῖσιν ὕστερον φράσει, †ἄλλος ἐστὶν οὗτος, οὐκ ἐρωτῶσιν λέγει.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 38a (Bartlett's, 1892)
“παλαιὰ καινοῖς δακρύοις οὐ χρὴ στένειν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 46.5 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“ἀλλ᾿ εὖ φέρειν χρὴ συμφορὰς τὸν εὐγενῆ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 98 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“γυνὴ γυναικὶ σύμμαχος πέφυκέ πως.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 108 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“ἀλλ᾿ ἡδύ τοι σωθέντα μεμνῆσθαι πόνων.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 133 (Cassell's, 1907)
“ὅσοι γὰρ εἰς ἔρωτα πίπτουσιν βροτῶν, ἐσθλῶν ὅταν τύχωσι τῶν ἐρωμένων, οὐκ ἔσθ᾿ ὁποίας λείπεται τόδ᾿ ἡδονῆς.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 138 (tr. J. A. Symonds, 1879)
“κέρδος δ᾿ ἐν κακοῖς ἀγνωσία.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 205.3 (Bartlett's, 1892); cf. Davenant
“τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ᾿ οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ᾿ ὀρθῶς ἢν τιθῇ, πράσσει καλῶς.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 287 (tr. A. R. Shilleto, 1888)
“ἀεὶ γὰρ ἄνδρα σκαιὸν ἰσχυρὸν φύσει ἧσσον δέδοικα τἀσθενοῦς τε καὶ σοφοῦ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 290 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“αὐτός τι νῦν δρῶν εἶτα δαίμονας κάλει· τῷ γὰρ πονοῦντι καὶ θεὸς ξυλλαμβάνει.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 432 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“ἐπίσταμαι δὲ καὶ πεπείραμαι σαφῶς, ὡς τῶν ἐχόντων πάντες ἄνθρωποι φίλοι.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 462.1–2 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“πόνος γάρ, ὡς λέγουσιν, εὐκλείας πατήρ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 474 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“δειλοὶ γὰρ ἄνδρες οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἐν μάχῃ ἀριθμόν, ἀλλ᾿ ἄπεισι κἂν παρῶσ᾿ ὁμοίως.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 519 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“ἔνδον μένουσαν τὴν γυναῖκ᾿ εἶναι χρεών ἐσθλήν, θύρασι δ᾿ ἀξίαν τοῦ μηδενός.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 521 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“οὔτοι νόμισμα λευκὸς ἄργυρος μόνον καὶ χρυσός ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ κἀρετὴ βροτοῖς νόμισμα κεῖται πᾶσιν, ᾗ χρῆσθαι χρεών.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 542 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“δυοῖν λεγόντοιν, θατέρου θυμουμένου, ὁ μὴ ἀντιτείνων τοῖς λόγοις σοφώτερος.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 654 (tr. Anonymous, 1684)
“ἀρετὴ δὲ κἂν θάνῃ τις οὐκ ἀπόλλυται, ζῇ δ᾿ οὐκέτ᾿ ὄντος σώματος· κακοῖσι δέ ἅπαντα φροῦδα συνθανόνθ᾿ ὑπὸ χθονός.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 734 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“τοιοῦτός ἐστιν οἷσπερ ἥδεται ξυνών.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 812.9 (tr. C. Collard, M. Cropp, 2009)
“ὦ φιλόζωοι βροτοί, οἳ τὴν ἐπιστείχουσαν ἡμέραν ἰδεῖν ποθεῖτ᾿ ἔχοντες μυρίων ἄχθος κακῶν. οὕτως ἔρως βροτοῖσιν ἔγκειται βίου.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 816.6–9 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“τίς δ᾿ οἶδεν εἰ ζῆν τοῦθ᾿ ὃ κέκληται θανεῖν, τὸ ζῆν δὲ θνῄσκειν ἐστί;”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 833 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“ἀεί τι καινὸν ἡμέρα παιδεύεται.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 945 (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἡ γὰρ σιωπὴ τοῖς σοφοῖσ⟨ιν⟩ ἀπόκρισις.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 977 (tr. C. Collard, M. Cropp, 2009)
“τὰ τῶν τεκόντων σφάλματ᾿ εἰς τοὺς ἐκγόνους οἱ θεοὶ τρέπουσιν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 980 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“ὅστις νέος ὢν Μουσῶν ἀμελεῖ, τόν τε παρελθόντ᾿ ἀπόλωλε χρόνον καὶ τὸν μέλλοντα τέθνηκε.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 1028 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“φῆσίν τις εἶναι δῆτ᾿ ἐν οὐρανῷ θεούς; οὐκ εἰσίν, οὐκ εἴσ᾿, εἴ τις ἀνθρώπων θέλει μὴ τῷ παλαιῷ μῶρος ὢν χρῆσθαι λόγῳ. σκέψασθε δ᾿ αὐτοί, μὴ ᾿πὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοις γνώμην ἔχοντες. φῆμ᾿ ἐγὼ τυραννίδα κτείνειν τε πλείστους κτημάτων τ᾿ ἀποστερεῖν ὅρκους τε παραβαίνοντας ἐκπορθεῖν πόλεις· καὶ ταῦτα δρῶντες μᾶλλόν εἰσ᾿ εὐδαίμονες τῶν εὐσεβούντων ἡσυχῇ καθ᾿ ἡμέραν. πόλεις τε μικρὰς οἶδα τιμώσας θεούς, αἳ μειζόνων κλύουσι δυσσεβεστέρων λόγχης ἀριθμῷ πλείονος κρατούμεναι. οἶμαι δ᾿ ἂν ὑμᾶς, εἴ τις ἀργὸς ὢν θεοῖς εὔχοιτο καὶ μὴ χειρὶ συλλέγοι βίον ⟨μαθεῖν ἄν, ὡς οὔκ εἰσιν. αἱ δ᾿ εὐπραξίαι⟩ τὰ θεῖα πυργοῦσ᾿ αἱ κακαί τε συμφοραί.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 286 (tr. J. A. Symonds, 1879; rev. C. M. Bowra, 1938)
“Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I know, indeed, the evil of that I purpose; but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Slowly but surely withal moveth the might of the gods.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thou didst bring me forth for all the Greeks in common, not for thyself alone.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Slight not what 's near through aiming at what 's far.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A bad beginning makes a bad ending.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Woman is woman's natural ally.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Second thoughts are ever wiser.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest bartlett, Public domain source