Social Commentaries
Fragment XXXV: Waste not your efforts, struggle not, my friend
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Waste not your efforts, struggle not, my friend,
Idle and old abuses to defend;
Take heed! the very measures that you press
May bring repentance with their own success.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XXXV: Waste not your efforts, struggle not, my friend.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/35/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XXXV: Waste not your efforts, struggle not, my friend.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/35/.
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