Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought. - Theognis of Megara

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Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.

Theognis of Megara

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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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The best of all things for earthly men is not to be born and not to see the beams of the bright sun; but if born, then as quickly as possible to pass the gates of Hades, and to lie deep buried.

The deckhands are in control, and the base have the upper hand over the noble.

Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock. Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.

Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought. - Theognis of Megara

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