Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
From Aeschylus
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
13 perspectives
7 perspectives
6 perspectives
2 perspectives
1 perspectives