I have made a very rude translation of the Seven against Thebes, and Pindar too I have looked at, and wish he was better worth tra...nslating. I believe even the best things are not equal to their fame. Perhaps it would be better to translate fame itself,--or is not that what the poets themselves do? However, I have not done with Pindar yet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about ...deeds that are evil and disgraceful.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »