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| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. |
| Simonides |
| [Greek]—There is no better test of a man’s work than time, which also reveals the thought which lay hidden in his breast. | 1 |
| Painting is silent poetry, and poetry speaking painting. | 2 |
| ’Tis said that virtue dwells sublime / On rugged cliffs, full hard to climb; / … But mortal ne’er her form may see, / Unless his restless energy / Breaks forth in sweat that gains the goal, / The perfect manhood of the soul. | 3 |
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