Social Commentaries
Fragment LXVIII: Friend ! if your sense and judgment had been wholly
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Friend ! if your sense and judgment had been wholly
Or nearly equal to your pride and folly,
You might have seen yourself approv’d and priz’d,
As much precisely as you ’re now despis’d.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXVIII: Friend ! if your sense and judgment had been wholly.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/69/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXVIII: Friend ! if your sense and judgment had been wholly.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/69/.
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