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Maxims of Theognis: Many, I wot, enjoy a
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Many, I wot, enjoy a mean mind, but a noble fortune: to whom that which seems ill turns out good. There are, too, who toil with both good counsel and ill luck, but accomplishment does not follow their works.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Literal prose translation by the Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856), printed as prose: the plain-sense companion to Frere’s verse version. Banks’s hyphenated compounds are his own.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Many, I wot, enjoy a.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/134/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Many, I wot, enjoy a.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/134/.
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