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Theognis
Theognis Poems
| 1. | Fragments - Lines 0983 - 0988 | 1/1/2004 |
| 2. | Fragments - Lines 0783 - 0788 | 1/1/2004 |
| 3. | Fragments - Lines 1353 - 1356 | 1/1/2004 |
| 4. | Fragments - Lines 1337 - 1340 | 1/1/2004 |
| 5. | Fragments - Lines 0667 - 0682 | 1/1/2004 |
| 6. | Fragments - Lines 0237 - 0254 | 1/1/2004 |
| 7. | Fragments - Lines 0255 - 0256 | 1/1/2004 |
| 8. | Fragments - Lines 0183 - 0192 | 1/1/2004 |
| 9. | Fragments - Lines 1341 - 1350 | 1/1/2004 |
| 10. | Fragments - Lines 0429 - 0438 | 1/1/2004 |
| 11. | Fragments - Lines 0425 - 0428 | 1/1/2004 |
| 12. | Fragments - Lines 1267 - 1270 | 1/1/2004 |
| 13. | Fragments - Lines 1327 - 1334 | 1/1/2004 |
| 14. | Fragments - Lines 0467 - 0496 | 1/1/2004 |
| 15. | Fragments - Lines 0001 - 0004 | 1/1/2004 |
| 16. | Fragments - Lines 0219 - 0220 | 1/1/2004 |
| 17. | Fragments - Lines 0005 - 0010 | 1/1/2004 |
| 18. | Fragments - Lines 0019 - 0030 | 1/1/2004 |
| 19. | Fragments - Lines 0213 - 0218 | 1/1/2004 |
| 20. | Fragments - Lines 0173 - 0178 | 1/1/2004 |
Best Poem of Theognis
Fragments - Lines 0173 - 0178
Of all things it is poverty that most subdues a noble man,
More even than hoary old age, Kyrnos, or fever;
Indeed, to avoid it one should even throw oneself into the sea's
Deep gulfs, Kyrnos, or off sheer cliffs.
For the man subdued by poverty can neither say
Nor do anything, because his tongue is tied.
