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Antiphanes
22 quotes
“πενθεῖν δὲ μετρίως τοὺς προσήκοντας φίλους· οὐ γὰρ τεθνᾶσιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδόν, ἣν πᾶσιν ἐλθεῖν ἐστ᾿ ἀναγκαίως ἔχον, προεληλύθασιν.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 54.1–4 K.-A. (tr. F. A. Paley, 1889)
“ὀλίγον τὸ καλόν ἐστι πανταχοῦ καὶ τίμιον.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 59 K.-A. (tr. F. A. Paley, 1889)
“οὐθεὶς πώποτε, ὦ δέσποτ᾿, ἀπέθαν᾿ ἀποθανεῖν πρόθυμος ὤν, τοὺς γλιχομένους δὲ ζῆν κατασπᾷ τοῦ σκέλους ἄκοντας ὁ Χάρων ἐπὶ τὸ πορθμεῖόν τ᾿ ἄγει σιτιζομένους καὶ πάντ᾿ ἔχοντας ἀφθόνως. ὁ δὲ λιμός ἐστιν ἀθανασίας φάρμακον.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 86 K.-A. (tr. F. A. Paley, 1889)
“ὅστις τέχνην κατέδειξε πρῶτον τῶν θεῶν, οὗτος μέγιστον εὗρεν ἀνθρώποις κακον.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 121.1–2 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἐπὶ χρήμασιν δ᾿ ὢν ἔμπορος φρονεῖ μέγα, ὧν ἐστι πάντων ἐνίοτ᾿ ἄνεμος κύριος.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 149 K.-A. (tr. F. A. Paley, 1889)
“ἀρετὴ τὸ προῖκα τοῖς φίλοις ὑπηρετεῖν.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 208 K.-A. (tr. F. A. Paley, 1889)
“σοφόν γε τοί τι πρὸς τὸ βουλεύειν ἔχει τὸ γῆρας, ὡς δὴ πόλλ᾿ ἰδόν τε καὶ παθόν.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 218 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἆρ᾿ ἐστὶ λῆρος πάντα πρὸς τὸ χρυσίον.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 229.1 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“κρύψαι, Φειδία, ἅπαντα τἆλλά τις δύναιτ᾿ ἂν πλὴν δυοῖν, οἶνόν τε πίνων εἰς ἔρωτά τ᾿ ἐμπεσών. ἀμφότερα μηνύει γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν βλεμμάτων καὶ τῶν λόγων ταῦθ᾿· ὥστε τοὺς ἀρνουμένους μάλιστα τούτους καταφανεῖς ποιεῖ.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 232 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὡς δυστυχεῖς, ὅσοισι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν ἐπίπροσθε τἀισχρὰ φαίνετ᾿ εἶναι τῶν καλῶν· ἐπισκοτεῖ γὰρ τῷ φρονεῖν τὸ λαμβάνειν.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 244 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἐγὼ γυναικὶ δ᾿ ἕν τι πιστεύω μόνον, ἐπὰν ἀποθάνῃ μὴ βιώσεσθαι πάλιν, τὰ δ᾿ ἄλλ᾿ ἀπιστῶ πανθ᾿ ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνῃ.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 245 K.-A. (tr. F. A. Paley, 1889)
“καλῶς πένεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτεῖν κακῶς· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἔλεον, τὸ δ᾿ ἐπιτίμησιν φέρει.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 258 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὁ δὲ πλοῦτος ἡμᾶς, καθάπερ ἰατρὸς κακός, τυφλοὺς βλέποντας παραλαβὼν πάντας ποιεῖ.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 259 K.-A. (tr. F. A. Paley, 1889)
“οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν λεγόμενον μακρῶς, ὅτε ὁ λέγων ὑποτάττει τοῖς λόγοις τὰ πράγματα.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 266 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“τὸ μὴ συνειδέναι γὰρ αὑτοῦ τῷ βίῳ ἀδίκημα μηδὲν ἡδονὴν πολλὴν ἔχει.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 267 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν βαρύτερον τῶν φορτίων ὄντως γυναικὸς προῖκα πολλὴν φερομένης.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 270 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὁ μηθὲν ἀδικῶν οὐθενὸς δεῖται νόμου.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 281 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“τῆς ἐπιμελείας δοῦλα πάντα γίγνεται.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 283 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“τρόπος δίκαιος κτῆμα τιμιώτατον.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 284 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“λύπη μανίας ὁμότοιχος εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 287 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἐν γῇ πένεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτοῦντα πλεῖν.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 290 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“πενία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τρόπων διδάσκαλος.”
Antiphanes (408–334 BC) said by 334 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 322 K.-A. (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)