Euripidész idézet

oldal 3

„Egy hűséges barát felér tízezer rokonnal.”

„A legbölcsebb emberek követik a saját irányukat.”

„A barátok a bajban mutatják meg szeretetüket.”

„Kő kövön nem marad.”

„Az okosság nem bölcsesség.”

„Az életnek nincs olyan áldása, mint egy bölcs barát.”

„A sikerrel együtt jár a bölcsesség hírneve is.”

„Inkább meghalok a lábamon, minthogy térden állva éljek.”

“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”

“It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.”

“Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.”

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

“A bad beginning makes a bad ending.”

“Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.”

“Ares (The God of War) hates those who hesitate.”

“I think,
Some shrewd man first, a man in judgment wise,
Found for mortals the fear of gods,
Thereby to frighten the wicked should they
Even act or speak or scheme in secret.”

“A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.”

“Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.”

“Dionysus: He who believes needs no explanation.
Pentheus: What's the worth in believing worthless things?
Dionysus: Much worth, but not worth telling you, it seems.”

“Naught is more hostile to a city than a despot; where he is, there are in the first place no laws common to all, but one man is tyrant, in whose keeping and in his alone the law resides, and in that case equality is at an end.”

“Circumstances rule men and not men circumstances.”

“p>Helen: What happened in my heart, to make me leave my home
And my own land, to follow where a stranger led?
Rail at the goddess; be more resolute than Zeus,
Who holds power over all other divinities
But is himself the slave of love. Show Aphrodite
Your indignation; me, pardon and sympathy.Hecabe: No; Paris was an extremely handsome man – one look,
And your appetite became your Aphrodite. Why,
Men's lawless lusts are all called love – it's a confusion
Easily made.”

“A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing.”

“O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!”

“The words of truth are naturally simple, and justice needs no subtle interpretations, for it has a fitness in itself”

“Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven — of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.”

“Only one thing, they say, competes in value with life, the possession of a heart blameless and good.”

“Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.”

“Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.”

“I sacrifice to no god save myself — And to my belly, greatest of deities.”

“Good slaves [are affected by] the adversities of their masters”

“Woman is woman's natural ally.”

“Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.”

“I hold that mortal foolish who strives against the stress of necessity.”

“Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.”

“Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.”

“Today's today. Tomorrow we may be
ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity.”