Simonides of Ceos
A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.Collection: Men
There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.Collection: Men
A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.Collection: Men
Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns.Collection: Men
It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.Collection: Squares
There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.Collection: Happiness
Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.Collection: Wife
If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.Collection: Lying
Not even the gods fight against necessity.Collection: Fighting
Difficult, say you? Difficult to be a man of virtue, truly good, shaped and fashioned without flaw in the perfect figure of four-squared excellence, in body and mind, in act and thought?Collection: Men
What is life without the joy of Love?Collection: Joy
We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.Collection: Life
The gods do not fight against necessity.Collection: Fighting