Wine is wont to show the mind of man. - Theognis of Megara

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Wine is wont to show the mind of man.

Theognis of Megara

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About Theognis of Megara

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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ἀμφ' ἀρετῇ τρίβου, καί τοι τὰ δίκαια φίλ’ ἔστω,

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.

Unless the gods deceive my mind,
That man is forging fetters for himself.