• Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.

  Lucretius
  Roman poet and philosopher c.95-55 BC
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. tribulation
2. delectable
3. perceive
4. yourself

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Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. by : Lucretius

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