Quotes from Euripides


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There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.


Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.


Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.


No one is happy all his life long.


It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.


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.


One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.


This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.


Leave no stone unturned.


The best of seers is he who guesses well.


Do not consider painful what is good for you.


Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.


Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.


In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?


New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.


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


Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.


There is just one life for each of us: our own.


Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.


Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.