The Persian king Darius lost his beloved, beautiful wife. The monarch was inconsolable. Democritus promised to bring the deceased back to life if the king gave him everything he needed.
Darius gave orders not to spare any expense. Then the philosopher noticed that now he was missing only one thing: Darius must write on the tomb of his wife the names of three people who had never experienced grief. As soon as this is fulfilled, the beauty will immediately come to life. The almighty king, of course, could not accomplish this. Then Democritus laughed as usual and said: “Why, you most absurd person, do not stop crying, as if such a misfortune happened to you alone, because you cannot find even one person who would not have to experience some kind of sadness.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru