Quote

Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?

Euripides

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Euripides
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Ancient Athens
Little
Hard
Skill
Much
Skills
Make
Worth
Struggle
Effort
Knowledge
Littles

More quotes by Euripides

Image
In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
Euripides
Image
Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.
Euripides
Image
A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.
Euripides
Image
Much effort, much prosperity.
Euripides
Image
Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths.
Euripides
Image
Mighty is geometry joined with art, resistless.
Euripides
Image
Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
Euripides
Image
Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind.
Euripides
Image
Who cannot open an honest mind No friend will he be of mine.
Euripides
Image
There is as much confusion in the world of the gods as in ours.
Euripides
Image
Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.
Euripides
Image
Nothing happens to man without the permission of God.
Euripides
Image
When good men die their goodness does not perish.
Euripides
Image
Nothing is hopeless we must hope for everything.
Euripides
Image
None wise dares hopeless venture.
Euripides
Image
Time will explain it all. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
Euripides
Image
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
Euripides
Image
I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.
Euripides
Image
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
Euripides
Image
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.
Euripides