Simonides Of Ceos Quotes

#1. It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.

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#2. The gods do not fight against necessity.

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#3. Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

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#4. This increasingly prevalent tendency for women in particular to think that "perfection" is possible from the perspective of their physique is an indication that many societies are caught up in obtaining some type of perfection for themselves.

Amy White

#5. Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns.

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#6. A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.

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#7. A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

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#8. 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?

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#9. We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

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#10. Winter had receded in recent days, as though resting

Ian Tregillis

#11. The things you say, the things you don't say, the things you do, or the things you don't do are always sending a loud message to those around you. What kind of a message are you sending? Is it a true reflection of who you are?

Lindsey Rietzsch

#12. There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.

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#13. 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.

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#14. There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

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#15. Uncle Vernon: What were you doing under our window, boy?
Harry Potter: Listening to the news.
Uncle Vernon: Listening to the news! Again?
Harry: Well, it changes every day, you see.

J.K. Rowling

#16. I dream of a house full of books.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#17. At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the world, the study of the fine arts, and of the manners and dispositions of people.

William John Wills

#18. I don't want to be a burden on anybody.

Cilla Black

#19. A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we are on the right path. The attempt to convince someone of anything is a mark of insecurity. (173)

Ravi Ravindra

#20. When we imagine future circumstances, we fill in details that won't really come to pass and leave out details that will. When we imagine future feelings, we find it impossible to ignore what we are feeling now and impossible to recognize how we will think about the things that happen later.

Daniel M. Gilbert