Fr. 488 (Peleus)
“Not existing is better than living badly”
τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς
Fr. 593 (Tereus)
“Let any man who lives acquire however much
Pleasure each day offers. Tomorrow always comes upon him
Blind.”
ζώοι τις ἀνθρώπων τὸ κατ’ ἦμαρ ὅπως
ἥδιστα πορσύνων• τὸ δ’ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ
τυφλὸν ἕρπει
fr. 698 (Philoctetes at Troy)
“Death is the final doctor for all disease”
ἀλλ’ ἔσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρὸς νόσων
As always great content. Missing a tau at the very beginning of the first fragment. .
τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι…
Sorry about that. I tracked down the errant tau!