Living
Book IX, 54
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
Everyone prays for old age when it is still absent, but finds fault with it when it comes. It is always better while it is still owing to us.
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Smyrna, Menecrates of. “Book IX, 54.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/menecrates/0/.
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