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Antiope [Αντιοπη], frag. 193 (TGF, Kannicht) [Amphion] (c. 410 BC) [tr. Wodhall (1809)] - Euripides | WIST Quotations
He who without necessity embarks In many matters, is a fool for slighting The obvious blessings of a tranquil life. [ὅστις δὲ πράσσει πολλὰ µὴ πράσσειν παρόν, µῶρος, παρὸν ζῆν ἡδέως ἀπράγµονα.] Barnes fragment 104, Musgrave 25. (Source (Greek)). Alternate translation: Whoever is very active when he may be inactive,…