Quote #75
Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Euripides
- Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
- Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
- Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
- Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.
- It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.
- Luckier than one's neighbour, but still not happy.
- It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved by many friends.
- Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.