Classics ~ Sayings ~ Palladas

PALLADAS

σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος, καὶ παίγνιον· ἤ μάθε παίζειν

      τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθεὶς, ἤ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας.

All life is a stage and a play; either learn to trifle, laying earnestness aside, or bear its pains.

Anthologia Palatina 10, 72

________________________________________