---
title: Fragments of Gnomic Wisdom
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Γνωμικῆς Σοφίας
author: Cleobulus of Lindos II
eul_wid: asc-aa
eul_aid: asc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/cleobulus-lindos-gnomic-wisdom-asc-aa"
period: Archaic
dialect: Doric (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments of Gnomic Wisdom

*Ἀποσπάσματα Γνωμικῆς Σοφίας*

**Author:** Cleobulus of Lindos II

**eul_wid:** `asc-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/cleobulus-lindos-gnomic-wisdom-asc-aa)

## 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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