Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most.
Quotes of Euripides :
1. Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
2. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
3. Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
4. The greatest pleasure of life is love.
5. Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
6. To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
7. Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man’s love.
8. Do not plan for ventures before finishing what’s at hand.
9. Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
10. Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
By Shweta Tiwari
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