Euripides Quotes

For never shall I lose a closer friend,
Nor braver in my need. And worthy is she
Of honour, who alone hath died for me.

A mene snađe nenadana nesreća
i srce slomi. Propadoh, i život već
za mene, sestre, čara nema — osim smrt.
Jer onaj ko mi beše sve, to dobro uviđam,
moj vojno, ispao je podlac najgori.
Od svega štono ima život, srce, um,
mi žene još smo bića najžalosnija.
Za skupo blago moraš muža kupiti.
A od te bede još je veća beda to
što mužu nisi drugo nego robinja.
Sve do tog stoji da li dobi rđava
il' čestita. Jer prosca ne smeš odbiti,
a s mužem rastanak sramotu donosi.
Kad nađeš drugu ćud i druge zakone — a od kuće ih ne znaš — treba proročki
da imaš um da mužu u svem ugodiš.
Pa ako sreća trud nam u tom nagradi
i vojno bračni jaram složno podnosi,
e — to je život! Nema 1' toga, lek je smrt.
A čovek, ako domaći ga namuče,
on ode od kuće i srce zasiti
u svome društvu, među svojim znancima.
Mi smemo gledat' samo njega jednoga!
Ta kažu da je za nas život bezbrižan,
a oni s kopljem u boj idu junački.
Budale! Više volim triput okršaj
no jedan, samo jedan mučan porođaj!

Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

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.

Praise to God!
Bless ye the Tyrant's fall!

They did attack our herds: you could have seen a woman pull a calf to pieces as it bellowed alive in her bare hands!

أما الدول الخاملة التي تتبع سياسات غامضة وحذرة فإن حذرها يغشي بصيرتها.

Haydi yüreğim, silahlan! Kaçınılmaz cinayeti
işlemekte neden kararsız duruyorsun böyle?
Haydi zavallı elim, kılıcı kavrayıp
aşıver hayatının bu acı dönüm noktasını.

But can you have the heart to kill your flesh and blood? MEDEA Yes, for this is the best way to wound my husband. CHORUS And you, too. Of women you will be most unhappy. MEDEA So it must be. No compromise is possible.

Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.

Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

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

Euripides, son of Mnesarchus, was born in the island of Salamis, on the day of the celebrated victory (B.C. 480). His mother, Clito, had been sent thither in company with the other Athenian women, when Attica was given up, and the ships became at once the refuge of the male population, and the national defense. Mr. Donaldson [1] well remarks, that the patronymic form of his name, derived from the Euripus, which was the scene of the first successful resistance offered to the Persian navy, shows that the attention of his parents was fully excited by the stirring events of the time.

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

Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. All people alike fight fiercely for their children.