Euripides Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Euripides quotes, Euripides sayings, and Euripides proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Leave no stone unturned. Euripides
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. Euripides
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. Euripides
The wisest men follow their own direction. Euripides
Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless. Euripides
Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt. Euripides
In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best. Euripides
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. Euripides
Often a noble face hides filthy ways. Euripides
The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength. Euripides
God gives each his due at the time allotted. Euripides
Better a serpent than a stepmother! Euripides
The wavering mind is but a base possession. Euripides
The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches. Euripides
When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him. Euripides
A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness. Euripides
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. Euripides
In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story. Euripides
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature! Euripides
A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost. Euripides
When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. Euripides
The mob gets out of hand, runs wild, worse than raging fire, while the man who stands apart is called a coward. Euripides
Mobs in their emotions are much like children, subject to the same tantrums and fits of fury. Euripides
The stillest tongue can be the truest friend. Euripides
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged. Euripides
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. Euripides
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much. Euripides
Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows. Euripides
Noble fathers have noble children. Euripides
Often a noble face hides filthy ways. Euripides