“Do not mistake the rule of force
for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”
Euripidés The Bacchae
Źródło: The Bacchae
“Do not mistake the rule of force
for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”
Euripidés The Bacchae
Źródło: The Bacchae
“No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.”
Euripidés Alcestis
Źródło: Alcestis (438 BC), l. 783-4
“There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.”
Euripidés Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris (c. 412 BC) l. 721
“Authority is never without hate.”
Euripidés Ion
Ion (c. 421-408 BC) as translated by Ronald F. Willetts
“Silence is an answer in the eyes of the wise.”
Unidentified Plays, Fragment 977
Variant translation: Silence is true wisdom's best reply. (See Discussion page for sourcing information)
“In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.”
Euripidés Hippolytus
Variant translations: Among mortals second thoughts are the wisest.
Second thoughts are ever wiser.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
Źródło: Hippolytus (428 BC), l. 435, as translated by David Grene