It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through...

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It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.
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Greek Proverbs and old sayings about value, hunger, rest, food, good, good luck.

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