Social Commentaries
Fragment XXVI: Easy discourse with steady sense combin’d
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Easy discourse with steady sense combin’d,
Are rare endowments in a single mind.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XXVI: Easy discourse with steady sense combin’d.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/26/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XXVI: Easy discourse with steady sense combin’d.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/26/.
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