ANTIPHON

Smyrna, 4th century B.C.
POWER IS SWEET
POWER IS SWEET - ANTIPHON

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Comic poet. He was born in Rhodes or Smyrna. Named for his multitude of comedies. At the suggestion of Demosthenes, he acquired the status of an Athenian citizen, even though he was from Asia Minor. He also wrote comedies for foreign theaters. He is said to have written 260, and according to others 365, a great part of which were performed in the theaters of the Greek colonies. His comedies had more rhetorical passion than poetic value, and he often repeated the same themes. Although not an Athenian by birth, he handled the Attic dialect with skill and grace. Only fragments of his works have survived.

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  1. EVERYTHING SERVES THE LABOUR
  2. ILLEGAL PROFITS CAUSE LITTLE PLEASURE, LATER THEN REGRETS THAT LAST A LONG TIME
  3. HE WHO DOES NO INJUSTICE NEEDS NO LAW
  4. THE ELDERS ARE FIT TO RULE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN AND SUFFERED A LOT
  5. EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO DILIGENCE
  6. OLD AGE IS A LABORATORY IN WHICH ALL THE EVILS ARE FURNISHED
  7. BETTER TO BE POOR THAN TO GET DISHONESTEDLY RICH. BECAUSE POVERTY CAUSES SYMPATHY, WEALTH CAUSES CONDEMNATION
  8. WE ARE DEATH'S MERCENARIES FOR WE LIVE TO DIE
  9. THE OLD AGE IS AN ALTAR FOR THE EVILS
  10. THE HUNGER OF THE SOUL IS NOT SATISFIED WITH LUXURIOUS DINNERS
  11. MELANCHOLY IS INSANITY'S NEAREST NEIGHBOR
  12. EVERYTHING IS SUBJECTED UNDER DILIGENT STUDY
  13. PREFER THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TO THINGS THAT SEEM POSSIBLE BUT ARE INCREDIBLE
  14. COURAGE IS BETTER THAN PRUDENCE
  15. IT IS VERY BAD FOR ONE TO LAUGH WITHOUT REASON
  16. MOSTLY, PEOPLE WRONG OTHERS, WHEN THEY CAN
  17. NEITHER A CLEAR DAY NOR A SWALLOW MAKES SPRING
  18. WITH EFFORT YOU MAKE LEARNING YOUR OWN
  19. NO ONE SHOULD THINK HE BELONGS TO HIMSELF, BUT TO THE COUNTRY
  20. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GOVERN WELL HE WHO HAS NOT BEEN GOVERNED
  21. EVERY KIND OF SERVITUDE IS AGAINST NATURE
  22. THE SOUL OF THE CITY IS NOTHING ELSE THAN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM, WHICH HAS AS MUCH POWER AS EXACTLY PRUDENCE ON THE BODY
  23. CHANGE IS REST
  24. EVERYONE IS FRIEND TO THOSE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL, NOT EVEN THEIR PARENTS TO THOSE WHO ARE UNSUCCESSFUL
  25. EVERYTHING IS IN NON-STOP MOTION
  26. POWER IS SWEET