We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
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,… — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
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… — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
