Arsenius, 6.38b
“If you are able to give thanks, don’t tarry, but give it—since you know that things are not everlasting.”
Δυνάμενος χαρίζεσθαι, μὴ βράδυνε, ἀλλὰ δίδου, ἐπιστάμενος μὴ εἶναι τὰ πράγματα μόνιμα.
Arsenius, 6.95c
“Humans have greater thanks for the unexpected”
᾿Εκ τῶν ἀέλπτων ἡ χάρις μείζων βροτοῖς
Arsenius 8.42p
“Just like food for the starving, well-timed thanks tunes and heals what the soul is missing.” – Heraclitus
῾Η εὔκαιρος χάρις λιμῷ καθάπερ τροφὴ ἁρμόττουσα τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς ἔνδειαν ἰᾶται ῾Ηρακλείτου.
Zenobius, 36.3
“The Graces are naked: [a proverb] indicating that it is right to give unsparingly and in the open.”
Αἱ Χάριτες γυμναί: ἤτοι ὅτι δεῖ ἀφειδῶς καὶ φανερῶς χαρίζεσθαι·
Arsenius 8.77b
“Thanks for the wise never dies”
῾Η χάρις πρὸς εὐγνώμονας οὐδέποτε θνήσκει.
Aresnius 8.77d
“Thanks looks as beautiful as the moon when it is full”
῾Η χάρις ὥσπερ ἡ σελήνη, ὅταν τελεία γένηται, τότε καλὴ φαίνεται.
Aresnius 8.77d
‘Thanks, like nothing else in life, ages quickest among most people”
῾Η χάρις, ὡς οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἐν βίῳ, παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς τάχιστα γηράσκει.
Arsenius 18.59f
“Don’t hesitate to die for the very things for which you want to live.”
῟Ων ἕνεκα ζῆν ἐθέλεις, τούτων χάριν καὶ ἀποθανεῖν μὴ κατόκνει.
Michaelos Apostolios, 5.18
“A field with a clod of dirt”: [a proverb applied to those] who show thanks for great things with small gestures.”
Βώλοις ἄρουραν: ἐπὶ τῶν τοῖς μικροῖς χαριζομένων τοὺς μεγάλους.
Michaelos Apostolios, 13.37
“It is right neither to seek friendship from a corpse nor thanks from the greedy”
Οὔτε παρὰ νεκροῦ ὁμιλίαν, οὔτε παρὰ φιλαργύρου δεῖ χάριν ἐπιζητεῖν.
Greek kharis (χάρις, “thanks”) is related to the verb khairô (χαίρω), “to feel joy”
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