Occupation: Poet Birth: 522 Bc Death: 443 Bc
A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well..
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve..
Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed..
Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death..
Law, the king of all mortals and immortals..
Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall en….
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits..
War is sweet to them that know it not..
War is sweet to those who never tried it..
Sweet is war to those who know it not..
If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds eve….
In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers..
Envy bestrides praise..
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action..
Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes..
May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things..
Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind..
Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else; and through the value you bestow on them, o….
We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more..
Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving..
O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible..