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Epicharmus of Kos
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“οὐ λέγειν τύ γ᾿ ἐσσὶ δεινός, ἀλλὰ σιγῆν ἀδύνατος.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 184 K.-A. = B 29 DK (tr. K. Freeman, 1948)
“ἁ δὲ χεὶρ τὰν χεῖρα νίζει· δός τι καὶ λάβε τι.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 211 K.-A. = B 30 DK (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“νοῦς ὁρῇ καὶ νοῦς ἀκούει· τἆλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 214 K.-A. = B 12 DK (tr. K. Freeman, 1948)
“νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ᾿ ἀπιστεῖν· ἄρθρα ταῦτα τᾶν φρενῶν.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 218 K.-A. = B 13 DK (tr. K. Freeman, 1948)
“emori nolo, sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have no desire to die, but I count my death as nothing.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 230 K.-A. = B 11 DK (tr. T. Habinek, 2012)
“καθαρὸν ἂν τὸν νοῦν ἔχῃς, ἅπαν τὸ σῶμα καθαρὸς εἶ.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 258 K.-A. = B 26 DK (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“οὐ μετανοεῖν ἀλλὰ προνοεῖν χρὴ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν σοφόν.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 263 K.-A. = B 41 DK (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἐπιπολάζειν οὔτι χρὴ τὸν θυμόν, ἀλλὰ τὸν νόον.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 264 K.-A. = B 43 DK (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὄνος δ᾿ ὄνῳ κάλλιστον, ὗς δέ θην ὑί.”
Epicharmus of Kos (540–435 BC) said by 435 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frg. 279.5 K.-A. = B 5 DK (tr. T. B. Harbottle, 1897)