Living
Quietism (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Living
Why vainly, O man, dost thou labour and disturb everything when thou art slave to the lot of thy birth? Yield thyself to it, strive not with Heaven, and, accepting thy fortune, be content with rest.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Quietism (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/168/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Quietism (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/168/.
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