I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
EuripidesRead
Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote highlights the dislike for arrogance and exclusivity in social relationships.
Euripides emphasizes the negative feelings people have towards those who are proud and refuse to be friendly with everyone. It suggests that humility and openness are valued traits in social interactions, while arrogance can lead to social isolation and disdain from others.
Themes
PrideHumilityFriendshipArroganceRelationships
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of humility in leadership.
More from Euripides
All quotes βMankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by. It was she who gave to man his nourishment of grain. But after her there came the son of Semele, who matched her present by inventing liquid wine as his gift to man. For filled with that good gift, suffering mankind forgets its grief; from it comes sleep; with it oblivion of the troubles of the day. There is no other medicine for misery.
EuripidesRead
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
EuripidesRead
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
EuripidesRead
Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.
EuripidesRead
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
EuripidesRead
Similar quotes
The bonds that unite us to another human being are sanctified when he or she adopts the same point of view as ourselves in judging one of our imperfections.
Marcel ProustRead
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.
Harper LeeRead
Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms.
Aretha FranklinRead
I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.
Rosa ParksRead
The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
E. M. ForsterRead
Marriage is a lot of things - a source of love, security, the joy of children, but it's also an interpersonal battlefield, and it's not hard to see why: Take two disparate people, toss them together in often-confined quarters, add the stresses of money and kids - now lather, rinse, repeat for the rest of your natural life. What could go wrong?
Jeffrey KlugerRead