Quotes by Euripides

“It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.”

“Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.”

“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”

“We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.”

“There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.”

“Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.”

“To the ignorant, even the words of wise seem foolishness.”

“We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth— we call it life. We know no other.”

“A goddess not inglorious in the skies Is Venus... O sovereign, sea-born Venus... Never with wild ungovern'd sway Rush on my heart, and force it to obey: For not the light'ning's fire, Nor stars swift-darting through the sky, Equal the shafts sent by this son of Jove, When his hand gives them force to fly, Kindling the flames of love.”