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Alexis
13 quotes
“ἅπαντα τὰ ζητούμεν᾿ ἐξευρίσκεται, ἂν μὴ προαποστῇς μηδὲ τὸν πόνον φύγῃς. ὅπου γὰρ εὑρήκασιν ἄνθρωποί τινες μέρος τι τῶν θείων, τοσούτῳ τῷ τόπῳ ἀπέχοντες, ἄστρων ἐπιτολάς, δύσεις, τροπάς, ἔκλειψιν ἡλίου· τί τῶν κοινῶν ⟨κάτω⟩ καὶ συγγενικῶν δύναιτ᾿ ἂν ἄνθρωπον φυγεῖν;”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 31 K.-A. (tr. T. F. Higham, 1938)
“τοιοῦτο τὸ ζῆν ἐστιν ὥσπερ οἱ κύβοι· οὐ ταὔτ᾿ ἀεὶ πίπτουσιν, οὐδὲ τῷ βίῳ ταὐτὸν διαμένει σχῆμα, μεταβολὰς δ᾿ ἔχει.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 35 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὁμοιότατος ἄνθρωπος οἴνῳ τὴν φύσιν τρόπον τιν᾿ ἐστί. τὸν γὰρ οἶνον τὸν νέον πολλή ᾿στ᾿ ἀνάγκη καὶ τὸν ἄνδρ᾿ ἀποζέσαι πρώτιστον ἀφυβρίσαι τ᾿, ἀπανθήσαντα δὲ σκληρὸν γενέσθαι, παρακμάσαντα δ᾿ ὧν λέγω τούτων ἁπάντων, ἀπαρυθέντα τὴν ἄνω ταύτην ἄνοιαν ἐπιπολάζουσαν, τότε πότιμον γενέσθαι καὶ καταστῆναι πάλιν ἡδύν θ᾿ ἅπασι τοὐπίλοιπον διατελεῖν.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 46 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“οὐκοῦν, τὸ πολλοῖς τῶν σοφῶν εἰρημένον, τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι μὲν κράτιστόν ἐστ᾿ ἀεί, ἐπὰν γένηται δ᾿, ὡς τάχιστ᾿ ἔχειν τέλος.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 145.14–16 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“οὐ τοῖς γὰρ ὀμνύουσι τὸν φρονοῦντα δεῖ, τοῖς πράγμασιν δ᾿ αὐτοῖσι πιστεύειν ἀεί.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 165 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὑπαλείφεται τὰς ῥῖνας· ὑγιείας μέρος μέγιστον ὀσμὰς ἐγκεφάλῳ χρηστὰς ποιεῖν.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 195.2–3 K.-A. (tr. C. D. Yonge, 1854); cf. Posidonius
“ἤδη γὰρ ὁ βίος οὑμὸς ἑσπέραν ἄγει.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 230 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“οὐ θνητὸς οὐδ᾿ ἀθάνατος, ἀλλ᾿ ἔχων τινὰ σύγκρασιν, ὥστε μήτ᾿ ἐν ἀνθρώπου μέρει μήτ᾿ ἐν θεοῦ ζῆν.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 242.1–3 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“κόλακος δὲ βίος μικρὸν χρόνον ἀνθεῖ· οὐδεὶς γὰρ χαίρει πολιοκροτάφῳ παρασίτῳ.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 262 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἐπὰν δὲ γήμῃς, οὐδὲ σαυτοῦ κύριον ἔξεστιν εἶναι.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 264.7–8 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“τῶν γὰρ ἀγαθῶν τὸν πλοῦτον ὕστατον τίθει· ἀβεβαιότατον γάρ ἐστιν ὧν κεκτήμεθα.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 283.1–2 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“κἂν εὐτυχῇ τις, ὡς ἔοικε, προσδοκᾶν ἀεί τι δεῖ, καὶ μή τι πιστεύειν τύχῃ.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 289 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“φεῦγ᾿ ἡδονὴν φέρουσαν ὕστερον βλάβην.”
Alexis (372–270 BC) said by 270 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 297 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)