Simonides Quotations

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Go tell the Spartans,
Passerby,
That here, obedient to their laws,
We lie.

Simonides - Epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae

Greek poet
556 - 468

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.

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