Euripides ( 10 of 56 )
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
But woe to him, who left to moan,
Reviews the hours of brightness gone.
But woe to him, who left to moan,
Reviews the hours of brightness gone.
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
The language of truth is simple.
The language of truth is simple.
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.
