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Diphilus
14 quotes
“ὦ μακάρι᾿, ἀτυχεῖν θνητὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο, ἵν᾿ αὐτὰ τἀναγκαῖα δυστυχῇς μόνον, πλείω δὲ διὰ τὴν ἀμαθίαν μὴ προσλάβῃς.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 4 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“ἀπροσδόκητον οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις πάθος· ἐφημέρους γὰρ τὰς τύχας κεκτήμεθα.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 84 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873) // Ramage evidently confuses πολιός (grey, grizzled) with πόλεως (of the city); commenting out pending an accurate translation -->
“οὐκ ἔστι βίος ὃς οὐχὶ κέκτηται κακά, λύπας, μερίμνας, ἁρπαγάς, στρεβλάς, νόσους· τούτων ὁ θάνατος καθάπερ ἰατρὸς φανεὶς ἀνέπαυσε τοὺς ἔχοντας ἀναπαύσας ὕπνῳ.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ὅστις γὰρ αὐτὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ αἰσχύνεται συνειδόθ᾿ αὑτῷ φαῦλα διαπεπραγμένῳ, πῶς τόν γε μηδὲν εἰδότ᾿ αἰσχυνθήσεται;”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 92 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“εἰ μὴ τὸ λαβεῖν ἦν, οὐδὲ εἷς πονηρὸς ἦν.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἀρ᾿ ἐστὶν ἀνοητότατον αἰσχροκερδία· πρὸς τῷ λαβεῖν γὰρ ὢν ὁ νοῦς τἆλλ᾿ οὐχ ὁρᾷ.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἔργον συναγαγεῖν σωρὸν ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ δὲ διαφορῆσαι ῥᾴδιον.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alternate translation (C. T. Ramage, 1873):
“πένητος ἀνδρὸς οὐδὲν εὐτυχέστερον· τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβολὴν οὐ προσδοκᾷ.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πενία δὲ συγκραθεῖσα δυσσεβεῖ τρόπῳ ἄρδην ἀνεῖλε καὶ κατέστρεψεν βίον.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 105 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“ἄνθρωπός εἰμι, τοῦτο δ᾿ αὐτὸ τῷ βίῳ πρόφασιν μεγίστην εἰς τὸ λυπεῖσθαι φέρει.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 106 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“οὐκ ἔστ᾿ ἀναιδοῦς ζῷον εὐθαρσέστερον.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 110 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“ἂν γνῷς τί ἐστ᾿ ἄνθρωπος, ἡδίων ἔσῃ.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 112 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“ὡς μακάριον φρόνησις ἐν χρηστῷ τρόπῳ.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 113 K.-A. (tr. C. T. Ramage, 1873)
“λύπης δὲ πάσης γίνετ᾿ ἰατρὸς χρόνος.”
Diphilus (351–401 BC) said by 401 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source