“Many are your friends, if you have food and wine;
but when you set about hard labor, then friends are ill to find.”
Πολλοί τοι πόσιος καὶ βρώσιός εἰσιν ἑταῖροι,
ἐν δὲ σπουδαίωι πρήγματι παυρότεροι.
Thanksgiving with Theognis, 1.115-16
“Many are your friends, if you have food and wine;
but when you set about hard labor, then friends are ill to find.”
Πολλοί τοι πόσιος καὶ βρώσιός εἰσιν ἑταῖροι,
ἐν δὲ σπουδαίωι πρήγματι παυρότεροι.