It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish. Simonides of Ceos More Quotes by Simonides of Ceos More Quotes From Simonides of Ceos 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. Simonides of Ceos crowns fate lying A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one. Simonides of Ceos good-woman gains men 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? Simonides of Ceos perfect mind men What is life without the joy of Love? Simonides of Ceos what-is-life joy There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health. Simonides of Ceos beautiful beauty happiness A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one. Simonides of Ceos good-wife wife men Not even the gods fight against necessity. Simonides of Ceos martial-arts fighting Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life. Simonides of Ceos human-life wife earth We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge. Simonides of Ceos fate razors life 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 breasts tests men Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns. Simonides of Ceos concern littles men The gods do not fight against necessity. Simonides of Ceos fighting
