The fox has many tricks, and the hedgehog only one, but tha… - Archilochus of Paros

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The fox has many tricks, and the hedgehog only one, but that is the best of all

Archilochus of Paros

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Archilochus [Ἀρχίλοχος] (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC), also rendered as Archilochos or Arkhilokhus, was a Greek lyric poet and mercenary from the island of Paros in the Archaic period.

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Native Name: Ἀρχίλοχος

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The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one.

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Homer Aeschylus Euripides William Shakespeare Rudyard Kipling

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ὦ Ζεῦ͵ πάτερ Ζεῦ͵ σὸν μὲν οὐρανοῦ κράτος͵ σὺ δ΄ ἔργ΄ ἐπ΄ ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾶις λεωργὰ καὶ θεμιστά͵ σοὶ δὲ θηρίων ὕβρις τε καὶ δίκη μέλει.

A life of doing nothing is good for old men,
especially if they are simple in their ways,
or stupid, or inane in their endless blabber
as old men tend to be.

My lord Apollo, single out the guilty ones,
and in your customary way, destroy them all.

The fox has many tricks, and the hedgehog only one, but that is the best of all - Archilochus of Paros

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