Social Commentaries
Fragment IV: Learning and wealth the wise and wealthy find
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Learning and wealth the wise and wealthy find
Inadequate to satisfy the mind ;
A craving eagerness remains behind ;
Something is left for which we cannot rest ;
And the last something always seems the best,
Something unknown, or something unpossest.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment IV: Learning and wealth the wise and wealthy find.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/5/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment IV: Learning and wealth the wise and wealthy find.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/5/.
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