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title: Fragments of Gnomic Wisdom
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Γνωμικῆς Σοφίας
author: Cleobulus of Lindos II
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period: Archaic
dialect: Doric (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments of Gnomic Wisdom

*Ἀποσπάσματα Γνωμικῆς Σοφίας*

**Author:** Cleobulus of Lindos II

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## Text

### book 1.1

Ἀμουσία τὸ πλέον μέρος ἐν βροτοῖσιν λόγων

### book 1.2

τε πλῆθος· ἀλλ’ ὁ καιρὸς ἀρκέσει. φρόνει

### book 1.3

τι κεδνόν· μὴ μάταιος ἄχαρις γενέσθαι.

### book 2.1

Εἷς ὁ πατήρ, παῖδες δὲ δυώδεκα· τῶν δὲ ἑκάστῳ παῖδες δὶς

### book 2.2

τριήκοντα διάνδιχα εἶδος ἔχουσαι· αἱ μὲν λευκαὶ ἔασιν ἰδεῖν, αἱ δ’ αὖτε μέλαιναι· ἀθάνατοι δέ τ’ ἐοῦσαι ἀποφθινύθουσιν ἅπασαι.

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