» Add Quotes to Your Site - Quote Generatoradd quote of the day, random quotes or by topic (e.g. funny quotes) Quote DB :: Authors :: Euripides Rate this Author: 1 (worst) 2 3 4 5 (avg) 6 7 8 9 10 (best) Quote Rating Average (80%) Author Rating (44%) Groups: Writers, Poets Euripides Quotes: (ranking: 620th) Search Euripides's quotes Quote Category Rating "'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore." Talking "When good men die their goodness does not perish, but lives though they are gone. As for the bad, all that was theirs dies and is buried with them." Good & Evil "This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." Thinking "There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience." Morality "The variety of all things forms a pleasure." Miscellaneous "Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety." Miscellaneous "Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife." Marriage "It is said that gifts persuade even the gods." Charity "I sacrifice to no god save myself — And to my belly, greatest of deities." Food "Every man is like the company he is wont to keep." Miscellaneous "Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent." Luck "A bad beginning makes a bad ending." Miscellaneous 1 Browse Euripides quotes by topic Morality Miscellaneous Marriage Charity Good & Evil Thinking Food Talking Luck