Fragments – Lines 0467 – 0496 (Theognis Poems)
Of those now here with us, do not detain anyone who is unwilling to remain,Nor show the door to anyone ...
Of those now here with us, do not detain anyone who is unwilling to remain,Nor show the door to anyone ...
If I had money, Simonides, I would not feel such painAs I do now, when in the company of the ...
Kyrnos, as I work my craft let a seal be set uponThese words of mine, and they will never be ...
Among rams and asses and horses, Kyrnos, we look for thoseOf noble breeding, and a man wants them to mateFrom ...
To beget and rear a man is easier than to put good senseInside him. No one yet has ever contrived ...
Let us devote our hearts to merriment and feastingWhile the enjoyment of delights still brings pleasure.For quick as thought does ...
Of all things it is poverty that most subdues a noble man,More even than hoary old age, Kyrnos, or fever;Indeed, ...
A boy and a horse are alike in mind, for the horse does notWeep for its rider when he lies ...
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