Euripidész idézet

oldal 4

„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.”

“Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.”

“I have found power in the mysteries of thought,
exaltation in the changing of the Muses;
I have been versed in the reasonings of men;
but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.”

“The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards.”

“Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.”

“The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.”

“The credit we get for wisdom is measured by our success.”

“Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.”

“Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.”

“I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.”

“The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.”

“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.”

“I know, indeed, the evil of that I purpose; but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.”

“Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise,
The man who lets the contest fall is wise.”

“Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.”

“The sweetest teaching did he introduce,
Concealing truth under untrue speech.
The place he spoke of as the gods' abode
Was that by which he might awe humans most, —
The place from which, he knew, terrors came to mortals
And things advantageous in their wearisome life —
The revolving heaven above, in which dwell
The lightnings, and awesome claps
Of thunder, and the starry face of heaven,
Beautiful and intricate by that wise craftsman Time, —
From which, too, the meteor's glowing mass speeds
And wet thunderstorm pours forth upon the earth.”

“A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.”

“Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow,
A herb most bruised is woman.”

“Thou didst bring me forth for all the Greeks in common, not for thyself alone.”

“Grievous for mortals is the stain of kindred blood. For the murderers are dogged by woes harmonious with their deeds, sent by the gods upon their houses.”

“Time cancels young pain.”

“Leave no stone unturned.”

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”

“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”

“Let me tell you, if anyone in the past has spoken
ill of women, or speaks so now or will speak so
in the future, I’ll sum it up for him: Neither sea
nor land has ever produced a more monstrous
creature than woman.”

“On behalf of all those dead
who learned their hatred of women long ago,
for those who hate them now, for those unborn
who shall live to hate them yet, I now declare
my firm conviction: neither earth nor ocean
produces a creature as savage and monstrous
as woman.”