If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.

There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.