Euripides Quotes

Silence is an answer in the eyes of the wise.

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

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

Who knows but life be that which men call death,
And death what men call life?

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

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

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

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

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

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

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

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

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

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

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