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Maxims of Theognis: Wealth and wisdom are a
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Wealth and wisdom are a matter most irresistible ever; for neither could you over-fill the desire with wealth: and in like manner the wisest man doth not shun wisdom, but longs after it: yet cannot satisfy his desire therewith.
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: Wealth and wisdom are a.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/344/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Wealth and wisdom are a.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/344/.
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