There’s brief enjoyment in dishonorable pleasure.
[βραχεῖα τέρψις ἡδονῆς κακῆς]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Erectheus [Ἐρεχθεύς], frag. 362, l. 23 (TGF) (422 BC) [tr. Collard/Cropp (2008)]
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Part of the advice from Erechtheus to his son.
Nauck frag. 362, Barnes frag. 1, Musgrave frag. 2. (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:The delight which sinful pleasure affords is short.
[tr. Wodhull (1809)]The enjoyment of unholy pleasure is of short duration.
[tr. Ramage (1895)]The enjoyment from a cheap pleasure is short.
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