Edges Quote by Simonides of Ceos Download Open image “We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.” — Simonides of Ceos ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Edges Fate Flinch Gave Gave Lives Greece Greece Fate Hung Life Lives Save Our lives Razors Save Greece
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“get us fucking killed? By our allies?” All she could think was how unafraid she felt. How gloriously unafraid.” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share Image
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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
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
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