What does it mean?
Even an unpleasant situation may hold some positive elements or opportunities.
Closest English saying: Every cloud has a silver lining.
What does it literally say?
Ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού
Oudén kakón amiyés kaloú
“No evil is unmixed with good.”
An archaic-style maxim that sets bad against good. No specific original text is cited here as its first source.
How is it used?
«Η αλλαγή ήταν δύσκολη αλλά του έμαθε πολλά. Ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού.»
“The change was hard, but it taught him a lot. No evil is unmixed with good.”
Where does it come from?
Widespread gnomic usage, without a verified reference to a specific first written source for this entry.
This is an English edition of the Greek entry, which remains the reference version. The English text was written from the Greek entry with the help of AI tools and checked against it. Suggest a correction ↗