Slight not what 's near through aiming at what 's far. Rhesus. 482.

More from Euripides

• A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
• Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
• I know, indeed, the evil of that I purpose; but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.
• Man’s best possession is a sympathetic wife.
• Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. Antigone. Frag 164.
• Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.