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362 BC–262 BC Greece
Philemon (Ancient Greek: Φιλήμων, Philḗmon; c. 362 BC – c. 262 BC) was a Greek poet and playwright of New Comedy. He was born either at Soli in Cilicia or at Syracuse in Sicily but moved to Athens some time before 330 BC, when he is known to have been producing plays.
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I pray, first, for good health; then, for prosperity; thirdly, for happiness; and, lastly, to owe no man anything.
Although one be a slave, yet being human,
Sickness than sorrow is far easier borne.
In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.
In many households many ills thou'lt find
'Tis easy to give praise to one who toils,
Not one amongst the doctors, as you'll see,
Grief is apt to imagine to itself evils more than double the reality.
With all men sight is first, then admiration;
No painter and no sculptor, by the gods!
How radically bad is the nature of man! for otherwise he would stand in need of no laws to restrain him.
Nought can elude our search, unless we shun
If we were all to perish who did not succeed in obtaining what we wished, all mankind would die.
The husbandman is always to be rich the next year.
'Tis easy to command, not easy to obey.
How pleasant it is to think of former evils! for if I had not then been in difficulties, I would not now be in joy.
If tears were for our sorrows remedy,
If what we have we know not how to enjoy,
Whoso ten thousand foxes should collect,
Oft one who finds himself to-day without
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