...folly ; since oft has length of days brought us nearer to pain, and you can see nought of joy when at least any one may meet with more than his wishes...light folly, who wanders without the pale of many sorrows1? — what suffering is not there ? — murders, factions, strife, battle, and envy : and loathsome...

...cherish folly; since oft has length of days brought us nearer to pain, and you can see nought of joy when at least any one may meet with more than his wishes...folly, who wanders without the pale of many sorrows '? J — what suffering is not there ? — murderers, factions, strife, battle, and envy : and loathsome...

...troubles) that ends with the grave1, when that fate hath appeared without nuptial hymn, without lyre, or dance, and death to close the scene. Not to have been...born at all is superior to every view of the question ; aad this when one may have seen the light, to return thence whence he came as quickly as possible,...

...abbreviates this thus: M?; cpvvcci rov ajiavra viKa. Xoyov rO S'eittt <f>avy, ei^ev, oSev nep Stvrepov, <a " Not to have been born at all is superior to every...came, as quickly as possible, is far the next best." Euripides says: -Z7«S S'oSvvifpoS fiioS K'ovk. e.6ri novcav "But the whole life of man is full of...

...that late hath appeared without nuptial hymn, without lyre, or dance, and death to close the scene, f Not to have been born at all is superior to every...light, to return thence whence he came as quickly .-is possible, is far the next best. For when youth comes bringing light follies, who wanders without...

...as possible the gates of Hades." Comp. the almost identical passage in Oedipus in Colonus, 1225: " Not to have been born at all is superior to every view of that question; the next best thing for him who has seen the light of day is to return whence he came."...

...burial of a soldier, Kalbeck is reminded by the music of the passage in Sophocles's "CEdipus Coloneus": "Not to have been born at all is superior to every...came as quickly as possible, is far the next best." *** •Brahms attended the production of Johann Strauss's operetta, " Die GGttin der Vemunft." March...

...flame, Back to return whence late he came, Is heav'n's next blessing to man's wretched race. Not to be born at all is superior to every view of the question;...came as quickly as possible, is far the next best. (The Oxford Translation, 1823) Not to be born is the first boon of Heaven; If born, that life may quickly...