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The same, seeing an athletic young man nourishing much flesh with wine and meat-eating and exercise, said, O demoniac, stop making the prison strong against yourself.

Theognis. Satiety has already destroyed far more Men than famine, all who wished to have more than their share.

Socrates. He used to say that men live in order to eat; but I eat in order to live.

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Concerning grief and despondency. Matthew 5. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

2 Corinthians 2. Who is it that makes me glad, if not the one who is made sorrowful by me?

(877) Solomon. Just as a moth to a garment and a worm to wood, so grief damages a man's heart.

Sirach 38. From grief comes death; and grief of heart will bend one's strength.

Basil. Just as worms are especially bred in the softer kinds of wood, so griefs are engendered in the softer characters of men.

He who says that tribulation is not fitting for the just man, says nothing other than that an antagonist is not suited for the athlete.

The Theologian. To one in pain, a sharing of groans brings comfort.

Sometimes grief is more precious than pleasure, and dejection than a festival; and a praiseworthy tear, than unseemly laughter.

For great is the remedy from those who grieve with us. For those who have the same suffering are more of a comfort to the suffering.

Chrysostom. the time for despondency is not when we suffer evil, but when we do evil.

Plutarch. To choose the smoothest road; and the most grief-free life.

One must put on a tunic over the breastplate; and reason over grief.

Socrates. Being asked, "What grieves the good?" he said, "The good fortune of the wicked."

The same, being asked, "How might one live without grief?" "This is impossible," he said; "for it is not possible to inhabit a city or a house and associate with people and not be grieved."

Leucippus. For this is peculiar to the eyes, in great evils not to shed a tear; but in moderate misfortunes, the tears flow abundantly.

Heraclitus. For often an excess of joy turns into something painful; and the immoderation of pleasure has begotten an ensuing grief.

Moschion. The sorrowful things are also accustomed to follow the pleasant things.

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Ὁ αὐτός νεανίσκον ἰδών ἀθλητικόν οἴνῳ καί κρεοφαγίᾳ καί ἀσκήσει σάρκα πολλήν ὑποτρέφοντα, εἶπεν, Ὤ δαιμόνιε, παῦσαι καθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ ποιῶν τό δεσμωτήριον ἰσχυρόν.

Θεόγνιδος. Πολλῷ τοι πλέονας λιμοῦ κόρος ὤλεσεν ἤδη Ἄνδρας, ὅσοι μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν ἔθελον.

Σωκράτης. Οὗτος τούς μέν ἀνθρώπους ἔλεγε ζῇν ἵνα ἐσθίωσιν· ἐγώ δέ ἐσθίω ἵνα ζῶ.

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΚΗ´.

Περί λύπης καί ἀθυμίας. Ματθ. ε´. Μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοί παρακληθήσονται.

β´. Κορ. β.´Τίς ἐστιν ὁ εὐφραίνων με, εἰ μή ὁ λυπούμενος ἐξ ἐμοῦ;

(877) Σολομ. Ὥσπερ σής ἱματίῳ καί σκώληξ ξύλῳ, οὕτω λύπη ἀνδρός βλάπτει καρδίαν.

Σιράχ λη´. Ἀπό λύπης ἐκβαίνει θάνατος· καί λύπη καρδίας κάμψει ἰσχύν.

Βασιλείου. Ὥσπερ οἱ σκώληκες τοῖς ἀπαλωτέροις τῶν ξύλων ἐντίκτονται μάλιστα, οὑτως αἱ λύπαι τοῖς μαλακωτέροις ἤθεσι τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐμφύονται.

Ὁ λέγων μή πρέπειν τῷ δικαίῳ τήν θλίψιν, οὐδέν ἕτερον λέγει, ἤ μή ἁρμόζειν τῷ ἀθλητῇ τόν ἀνταγωνιστήν.

Θεολόγου. Φέρει παραμυθίαν ὀδυνομένῳ κοινωνία τῶν στεναγμῶν.

Ἔστι ποτέ ἡδονῆς λύπη τιμιωτέρα, καί κατήφεια πανηγύρεως· καί γέλωτος οὐ καλοῦ, δάκρυον ἐπαινετόν.

Μέγα γάρ τό παρά συναλγούντων φάρμακον. Οἱ γάρ τό ἴσον τοῦ πάθους ἔχοντες, πλέον εἰσίν εἰς παραμυθίαν τοῖς πάσχουσιν.

Χρυσόστ. καιρός ἀθυμίας, οὐχ ὅταν πάσχωμεν κακῶς, ἀλλ᾿ ὅταν δρῶμεν κακῶς.

Πλουτάρχ. Ὁδόν μέν τήν λειοτάτην ἐκλέγεσθαι· βίον δέ, τόν ἀλυπότατον.

Ἐπενδύεσθαι δεῖ, τῷ μέν θώρακι, χιτῶνα· τῇ δέ λύπῃ νοῦν.

Σωκράτης. Ἐρωτηθείς, Τί λύπει τούς ἀγαθούς, εἶπεν, Εὐτυχία πονηρῶν.

Ὁ αὐτός ἐρωτηθείς, Πῶς ἄν τις ἀλύπως διάγει, Τοῦτο ἀδύνατον, εἶπεν· οὐ γάρ ἐστι πόλιν ἤ οἰκίαν οἰκοῦντα καί ἀνθρώπους ὁμιλοῦντα μή λυπεῖσθαι.

Λευκίπ. Τοῦτο γάρ ἴδιον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, ἐν τοῖς μεγάλοις κακοῖς μή ἐκχέειν δάκρυον· ἐν δέ ταῖς μετρίαις συμφοραῖς, ἀφθόνως τά δάκρυα καταῤῥεῖ.

Χαρακλ. Πολλάκις γάρ τό χαρᾶς ὑπερβάλλον, εἰς ἀλγεινόν περιίστησι· καί τῆς ἡδονῆς τό ἄμετρον, ἐπίσπαστον λύπην ἐγέννησε.

Μοσχίων. Ἕπεσθαι τοῖς τερπνοῖς εἴωθε καί τά λυπηρά.