Living
Book X, 74
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Neither be lifted up by the strong blast of opulent fortune, nor let care bend thy freedom. For all thy life is shaken by inconstant breezes and is constantly dragged this way and that; but virtue is the steadfast and constant support on which alone thou canst travel boldly over the waves of life.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book X, 74.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/71/.
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