The Brave Man Is Not Only He

Now As Of Old The Gods Give Men All Good Things, Excepting Only Those That Are Baneful And Injurious And Useless. These, Now As Of Old, Are Not Gifts Of The Gods: Men Stumble Into Them Themselves Because Of Their Own Blindness And Folly.

These Differences, They Say, Are Three: Shape, Arrangement, And Position; Because They Hold That What Is Differs Only In Contour, Inter-contact, Inclination.

Happiness Resides Not In Possessions, And Not In Gold, Happiness Dwells In The Soul.

Everything Existing In The Universe Is The Fruit Of Chance And Necessity.

Immoderate Desire Is The Mark Of A Child, Not A Man.