Euripides
The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.Collection: Anger
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.Collection: Emotional
I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.Collection: Evil
Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing, they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and revenge.Collection: Revenge
The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.Collection: Men
Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.Collection: Success
Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.Collection: Humility
Greatness brings no profit to people. God indeed, when in anger, brings greater ruin to great mens houses.Collection: Greatness
Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters.Collection: Children
High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.Collection: Sweet
The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.Collection: Mind
Numbers are a fearful thing.Collection: Numbers
To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.Collection: Daughter
The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).Collection: Rivers
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.Collection: Character
A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue.Collection: Clever
I have found power in the mysteries of thought.Collection: Thinking
Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.Collection: Inspirational
Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.Collection: Life
Money is the wise man's religion.Collection: Wise
Action achieves more than words.Collection: Action
When good men die their goodness does not perish, But lives though they are gone. As for the bad, All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.Collection: Character
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.Collection: Blow
You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.Collection: Work
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.Collection: Marriage
Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday.Collection: Inspirational
If the gods do evil then they are not gods.Collection: Evil
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.Collection: Character
Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.Collection: Not Giving Up
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.Collection: Freedom
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.Collection: Honesty
Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world?Collection: Inspirational
There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.Collection: Men
Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.Collection: Inspirational
There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.Collection: Evil
We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.Collection: Wisdom
Enough is abundance to the wise.Collection: Life
When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.Collection: Hurt
When good men die their goodness does not perish.Collection: Death
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.Collection: Wise
A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.Collection: Wise
Common sense is the best prophet.Collection: Common Sense
What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.Collection: Grief
Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.Collection: Heaven
Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.Collection: Mistake
The meanest life is better than the most glorious death.Collection: Life Is
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.Collection: Evil
How sweet to remember the trouble that is past.Collection: Sweet