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Maxims of Theognis: Cyrnus, be not in all
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Cyrnus, be not in all respects wroth with mortal men, knowing that you have a mind, like as each man has, in your breast, and deeds also. To mortals; whether the just man, or the unjust, great loss may ensue. Of each man one act is worse, another better: but no man is himself wise in all respects.
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: Cyrnus, be not in all.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/290/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Cyrnus, be not in all.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/290/.
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