Euripidés: Trending quotes (page 3)

“Do not mistake the rule of force
for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”

“tell me how does it feel with my teeth in your heart!”

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

“There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.”

“I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.”

“It's human; we all put self interest first.”

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

“ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred with out a head”

“The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.”

“Prosperity is full of friends.”

“Authority is never without hate.”

“For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.”

“For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many thoughts of blood.”

“She sings a dark destructive song.”

“I understand too well the dreadful act
I'm going to commit, but my judgement
can't check my anger, and that incites
the greatest evils human beings do.”

“I care for riches, to make gifts
To friends, or lead a sick man back to health
With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth
For daily gladness; once a man be done
With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.”

“Silence is an answer in the eyes of the wise.”

“Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.”

“In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.”