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Euripides on Women

480 BC–406 BC Greece

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9 quotes

A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing.

There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.

frag. Melanippe. Reported in Hoyt's (1922)

I hate a clever woman. I would have no woman in my house that knows more than a woman should.

For cunning woman, and man likewise, is easier to guard against when quick-tempered than when taciturn.

Medea (-431)

Woman is but woman—born for tears.

Woman is woman's natural ally.

Woman is a weak creature, ever given to tears.

Medea (-431)

We are women, unable to perform noble deeds, but most skilful architects of every sort of harm.

Medea (-431)

A herb most bruised is woman.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Euripides (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.