Top 500 Euripides Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “If god is truly god, he is perfect, lacking nothing.”

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302. “Truly we are creatures of labor and suffering, and nothing for long. Labor and suffering, and the plain sight of our destiny is the cruelest thing of all.”

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303. “Let mortal man keep to his own Mortality, and not expect too much.”

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304. “Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.”

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

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306. “Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place.”

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307. “We look for good on earth and cannot recognize it when met.”

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308. “Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.”

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309. “Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!”

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310. “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.”

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311. “But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.”

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312. “It is the thoughts of men that are deceitful, Their pledges that are loose.”

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313. “Oh, what a vileness human beauty is; corroding, corrupting everything it touches.”

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314. “Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?”

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315. “The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.”

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316. “In life, the worst disasters come from passion.”

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317. “Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.”

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318. “Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.”

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319. “Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.”

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320. “God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.”

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321. “The bold are helpless without cleverness.”

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322. “It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends.”

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323. “I have found nothing stronger than Necessity.”

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324. “Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.”

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325. “A woman should always stand by a woman.”

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326. “This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.”

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327. “God in heaven has dominion Over so many events. He can frustrate what seems inevitable, And bring to pass the thing that you least expect.”

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328. “We would have to think the gods had no minds, to pray for murderers.”

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329. “Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.”

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330. “The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.”

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331. “Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.”

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332. “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.”

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333. “My hair is holy. I grow it long for the God.”

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334. “In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.”

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335. “The wise with hope support the pains of life.”

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336. “Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice behind them, and there is no law but lawlessness, and none join in fear of the gods?”

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337. “Yes, blood for blood, his bitter loan came due. He paid with death.”

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338. “Apollo, Apollo – but he is my lord. I will keep silence. He is wise forever, though his oracle spoke brutal words. We are bound to acquiesce. And you must do now as Fate and Zeus ordain.”

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339. “When someone isn’t seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.”

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340. “How dark are all the ways of god to man!”

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341. “We must believe in the gods no longer if injustice is to prevail over justice.”

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342. “Dionysus. Wilt thou be led By me, and try the venture?”

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343. “I wish you joy. To spend life’s fleeting days mid joy that never meets an evil hour is to be blessed beyond compare.”

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344. “I think that fortune watcheth o’er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.”

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345. “Dead men have no victory.”

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

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347. “Today’s today. Tomorrow we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity.”

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348. “It’s not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.”

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349. “Oh, trebly blest the placid lot of those whose hearth foundations are in pure love laid, where husband’s breast with tempered ardor glows, and wife, oft mother, is in heart a maid!”

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350. “Account no man happy till he dies.”

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