Euripides Top 10 Quotes


10

The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.

Euripides (Medea, 431 BCE)

9

Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed
Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.

Euripides

8

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Euripides (Alexander)

7

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand. 

Euripides (Rhesus)

6

Death is a debt we all must pay.

Euripides (Alcestis, 438 BCE)

5

Much effort, much prosperity.

Euripides (The Suppliants, 423 BCE)

4

The wisest men follow their own direction.

Euripides (Iphigenia in Tauris, 414 BCE)

3

Leave no stone unturned.

Euripides (Heraclidae)

2

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.

Euripides (Heracles - Part II, 416 BCE)

1

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

Euripides (Phrixus)

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Euripides Biography

Born: 480 BCE
Died: 406 BCE

Euripides was a Greek tragedian. Alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles he is one of the three great Athenian tragedians. Euripides has had an influence on drama throughout history.

Notable Works

Alcestis (438 BCE)
Medea (431 BCE)
Heracleidae (c. 430 BCE)
The Suppliants (423 BCE)
Iphigenia in Tauris (414 BCE)
Orestes (408 BCE)
Bacchae (405 BCE)


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