It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.
A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one. - Simonides Of Ceos
A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.
- Simonides Of Ceos
Not even the gods fight against necessity. - Simonides Of Ceos
Not even the gods fight against necessity.
It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish. - Simonides Of Ceos
Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns. - Simonides Of Ceos
Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns.
The gods do not fight against necessity. - Simonides Of Ceos
The gods do not fight against necessity.
There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health. - Simonides Of Ceos
There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.
There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast. - Simonides Of Ceos
There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.
A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one. - Simonides Of Ceos
A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.
Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life. - Simonides Of Ceos
Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.
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