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Diphilus (Greek: Δίφιλος, Díphilos) was a Greek poet and playwright, native of Sinope, and contemporary of Menander (342–291 BC). Most of Diphilus' plays—acclaimed for his comic wit and humor, and about 100 in number—were written and acted at Athens, but he led a wandering life, and died at Smyrna.
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Poverty united to bad conduct utterly destroys and upturns the life of man.
No man's more fortunate than he who's poor,
I am a mortal; this very thing is the greatest cause of sorrow in life.
How completely blessed is prudence in a good disposition!
If thou knowest what man is, thou wilt be more happy.
There is no animal more bold than shamelessness.
O happy man! being mortal, know that thou art born to trouble, in order that thou mayest suffer only in what is necessary, and not add to it by thy folly.
Were there no lust of gain none would be evil.
How senseless is the sordid love of gain;
Long time thou'lt toil to gather up the heap
For whosoever is not ashamed when he is conscious to himself of having committed some base act, how will he be ashamed before him who is ignorant of it?
To man no suffering unexpected comes;
Time is of every woe the healer.
There is no life that hath not many an ill,
Whoever does not know to blush or be afraid, has the first principles of every kind of baseness.
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