Euripides
Euripides
Euripideswas a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived, with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
fate harsh reprieve
Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.
anger contest fall lets man wise
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise
gambling genius literature
The lucky person passes for a genius.
dead future learning loses past youth
Who so neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead to the future.'
education themselves travel
Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves
anger god greek-poet whom wishes
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.
brave earth ether fatherland wide
The whole wide ether is the eagle's way: The whole earth is a brave man's fatherland
greek-poet love
Friends show their love in times of trouble.
wisdom wise
He is wise that is wise to himself.
alone brunt conscience life quite stands throughout
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.
age-and-aging best time youth
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
love time
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
heart bitterness judgment
Rightness of judgment is bitterness to the heart.
men light justice
Keep alive the light of justice, And much that men say in blame will pass you by.