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Maxims of Theognis: Many dunces have riches, but
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Many dunces have riches, but others seek what is noble. though harassed by severe poverty: but impossibility-of-working lies-beside both: the one class want-of-riches impedes, of-intellect the other.
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 dunces have riches, but.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/252/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Many dunces have riches, but.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/252/.
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