Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand. Euripides More Quotes by Euripides More Quotes From Euripides It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior. Euripides wiseheartthinking Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments. Euripides argumentcauses It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly. Euripides darknesswisemen All is change; all yields its place and goes. Euripides yieldchangeinspirational Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground. Euripides your-best-friendworst-enemyenemy Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we experience. Euripides alasmortalitylife Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days. Euripides clevernessmortalsthinking Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much. Euripides too-muchhateaction In misfortune, which friend remains a friend? Euripides remainsmisfortunes No one who lives in error is free. Euripides errorsfreedom Good and bad may not be dissevered; There is, as there should be, a commingling. Euripides shouldevilmay Prosperity is full of friends. Euripides prosperityliterature It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. Euripides marriagegirlbeauty The good and the wise lead quiet lives. Euripides silencewiselife Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death? Euripides diesmortalsifs Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy! Euripides roaringvoicejoy Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. Euripides successmotivationalinspirational Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise. Euripides wisedreamthinking New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. Euripides authorityliteraturefaces Doth some one say that there be gods above? There are not; no, there are not. Let no fool, Led by the old false fable, thus deceive you. Look at the facts themselves, yielding my words, No undue credence: for I say that kings kill, rob, break oaths, lay cities waste by fraud, And doing thus are happier than those, Who live calm pious lives day after day. All divinity is built-up from our good and evil luck. Euripides citieskingsevil
