Euripides ( 10 of 56 )
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its read more
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked
man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on
the bad.
For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, homini read more
But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, homini quum struit aliquid malum,
Pervertit illi primitus mentem suam.]
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
The man who melts
With social sympathy, though not allied,
Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
The man who melts
With social sympathy, though not allied,
Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.