Quotes from Euripides

We may marvel. Yet I trust, When man seeketh to be just And to pity them that wander, God will raise him from the dust.

When a man becomes dissatisfied with married life, he goes outdoors and finds relief for his frustrations. But we are bound to love one partner and look no further. They say we live sheltered lives in the home, free from danger, while they wield 250       their spears in battle — what fools they are! I would rather face the enemy three times over than bear a child once.

A terrible thing it is to be a mother, and it bears a great endearment, and one common to all, so as to toil on behalf of their children.

For when a man of high degree meets with adversity, he feels the strangeness of his fallen state more keenly than a sufferer of long standing.

Indeed it is not usual for the young to grieve.

O cruel Truth, is this thine home-coming?

If the gods do a shameful thing, they are not gods.

And for thee, who didst me all that evil, I prophesy an evil doom.

Verily we must believe the Gods are senseless, if we feel well disposed to murderers.

How strange, that bad soil, if the gods send rain and sun, Bears a rich crop, while good soil, starved of what it needs, Is Barren; but mans nature is ingrained - the bad Is never anything but bad, and the good man Is good: misfortune cannot warp his character, His goodness will endure.

The stamp of royal birth is an unmistakable Miracle; and when those who bear a noble name Are worthy of it, the mircable is greater still.

You don't know what your life is, nor what you're doing, nor who you are.