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Theognis of Megara Quotes

Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC

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Theognis of Megara (fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet. More than half of the elegiac poetry of Greece before the Alexandrian period is included in the 1,400 lines ascribed to Theognis.

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Native Name: Θέογνις ὁ Μεγαρεύς
Alternative Names: Theognis

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Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.

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χρήματα μὲν δαίμων καὶ παγκάκῳ ἀνδρὶ δίδωσιν,
Κύρν᾽: ἀρετῆς δ᾽ ὀλίγοις ἀνδράσι μοῖρ᾽ ἕπεται.

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We struggle onward, ignorant and blind,

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One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are few.

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