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Tragedy Writer Inspirational Quotes (983)

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She who only finds her self-esteem In others' admiration, begs an alms Depends on others for her daily food, And is the very servant of her slaves Tho' oftentimes, in a fantastic hour, O'er men she may a childish pow'r exert, Which not ennobles but degrades her state.
Joanna Baillie
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There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.
Euripides
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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Euripides
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Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates.
Hannah More
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Sophocles
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Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted from the shore, And to the fisher's chorus-note Soft moves the dipping oar.
Joanna Baillie
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Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
Euripides
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We know the good, we apprehend it clearly but we can't bring it to achievement.
Euripides
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Those who look for filth, can find it at the height of noon.
Euripides
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For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.
Sophocles
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Time will discover everything to posterity it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.
Euripides
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If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them.
Sophocles
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What we look for does not come to pass God finds a way for what none foresaw.
Euripides
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The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them for they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty.
Hannah More
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For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.
Sophocles
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If I wished to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody.
Hannah More
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To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
Euripides
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The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
Euripides
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Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
Euripides
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You cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
Sophocles
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There is no evil as terrible as a woman.
Euripides
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Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil but inactivity cannot be led to good.
Hannah More
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Silence gives the proper grace to women
Sophocles
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Great Time makes all things dim.
Sophocles
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