Rejoice over the good things but grieve in moderation

Rejoice over the good things which come to you, but grieve in moderation over the evils which befall you. Isocrates. To Demonicus. Speech 1. Section 42.


Image: Burial of a Varangian Chieftain by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1884, courtesy of the State Historical Museum in Moscow and Wikimedia Commons.

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