Greek proverb
Greek proverb
beneath famous stone woman zone
Beneath this stone I lie, the famous woman who loosed her zone to one man only
eagle fly teach
No need to teach an eagle to fly
heavy honey sweet
A person can be as sweet as honey or as heavy as steel.
bent bow break
You will break the bow if you keep it always bent
alexander god wishes
If Alexander wishes to be a god, let him set up as a god
lack
Think not on what you lack as much as on what you have
send thee thou
I send thee myrrh, not that thou mayest be by it perfumed, but it perfumed by thee
curse denied enjoyed later naught poor power rich scenes
Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I curse my natal hour, Who naught enjoyed while young, denied the means; And naught when old enjoyed, denied the power
sufficient tomb whom
A tomb now suffices him (Alexander) for whom the whole world was not sufficient
library medicine mind
A library is a repository of medicine for the mind
glass life shed tomb
O Strangers! By Anacreon's tomb who pass, Shed o'er it wine, in life he lov'd his glass
exceeding gods grind mills small
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small
differs eye
The rabbits' eye differs from that of the owl.
deceive diplomat experience speak
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, He has no experience with it