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Quotation from History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War) by Procopius of Caesarea
“Not far from the truth, I think, is the ancient saying that God does not give blessings unmixed, but He mingles them with troubles and then bestows them upon men.”
History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 9, trans. H. B. Dewing
The Persian king speaks to the Roman ambassadors after the sack of Antioch in 540.
Citation: "Not far from the truth, I think, is the ancient saying that God does not give blessings unmixed, but He mingles them with troubles and then bestows them upon men." — Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 9, trans. H. B. Dewing. (id procopius-history-of-the-wars-persian-war-q5)
