Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literatureIt is not better for men to get everything they want. Disease makes health pleasant and good, as hunger does being full, and weariness rest.Heraclitus★ 3.7
PoemO to be self-balanced for contingencies, To confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.Walt WhitmanLeaves of Grass · 1867★ 2.3
Wisdom literatureOne who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.PtahhotepThe Maxims of Ptahhotep · 2375 BC★ 1.2
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