Theognis 627-628

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It is shameful when a man is drunk among the sober

and it is shameful if man remains sober among drunks

 

Αἰσχρόν τοι μεθύοντα παρ’ ἀνδράσι νήφοσιν εἶναι,

αἰσχρὸν δ’ εἰ νήφων πὰρ μεθύουσι μένει.

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Original translations of famous words from Ancient Greece and Rome

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