4 Quotes by Theognis

I will blame no enemy that is a good man, nor yet praise a friend that is bad

I heard the voice of that bird, son of Polypas, whose piercing outcryand whose arrival announces to men the season when fieldsare plowed, and the voice of her broke the heart that darkens within me,since other men posess my flourishing acres now,and not for me are the mules dragging the plow through the grainland,since I have given my heart to the restless seafarer's life.

Best of all things is never to be born,never to know the light of sharp sun.But being born, then bestto pass quickly as one can through the gates of Hell,and there lie under the massive shield of earth.

Easier to make bad out of good than good out of bad.Don't try to teach me. I am too old to learn.