Prodicus fr. B7 (Stobaeus 4.20.65)

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“Desire when doubled is lust; lust doubled is madness.”

 

ἐπιθυμίαν μὲν διπλασιασθεῖσαν ἔρωτα εἶναι, ἔρωτα δὲ διπλασιασθέντα μανίαν γίγνεσθαι.

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Original translations of famous words from Ancient Greece and Rome

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