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Maxims of Theognis: Opinion, indeed, is a great
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Opinion, indeed, is a great evil to men, but experience a very excellent thing: many of the bettermost men have an opinion unproved-by-experience.
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: Opinion, indeed, is a great.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/215/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Opinion, indeed, is a great.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/215/.
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