PHILEMON

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Poet of the so-called new comedy. He was born in Syracuse in 361 BC and died about one hundred and one. Together with Menander, it constitutes the heyday of the period of this theatrical art. He wrote about a hundred comedies, of which only fragments have survived. The comedies of Roman Pavlos (Mercator, "Trinummus", and perhaps also "Mostellaria") are considered imitations of Philemon's plays "Merchants", "Thesauros" and "Fasma".

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1. IT IS MUCH BETTER TO DIE THAN TO LIVE MISERABLY
2. EVEN IF ONE IS A SLAVE, HE IS NO LESS THAN A MAN, IF HE IS A MAN
3. A JUST MAN IS NOT ONE WHO DOES NOT WRONG, BUT ONE WHO, WHILE HE CAN DO INJUSTICE, DOES NOT WANT TO
4. YOU ARE HUMAN AND KNOW IT AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT
5. HARD TO EXECUTE, BUT EASY TO COMMAND
6. THE PROFESSIONS THAT EXIST, TIME CREATED THEM
7. SORROW IS A TREE WHOSE FRUIT IS TEARS
8. BELIEVE THERE IS A GOD AND WORSHIP HIM, BUT DON'T SEARCH TO FIND HIM, BECAUSE YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING BUT BE TIRED OF SEARCHING. DO NOT ASK TO KNOW IF HE EXISTS OR NOT, WORSHIP HIM AS IF HE EXISTS, AS IF HE IS ALWAYS PRESENT
9. ANGER RESTRAINED IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PRUDENT
10. THE PASSIONS CANNOT BE UPROOTED THAT IS WHY EVERYONE NEEDS TO SATISFY THEM WITHIN THE LIMITS OF VIRTUE
11. LONG SPEECH ARE THE TWO SYLLABLES FOR SOMEONE WHO USUALLY TALKS WITH JUST ONE, BUT HE WHO ALWAYS SAYS A LOT AND TALKS FOR A LONG TIME IT IS NOT A LONG SPEECH
12. IF TEARS WERE MEDICINE FOR OUR PAIN, THE ONE WHO CRIES WOULD BE HEALED FOREVER, AND WE WOULD EVEN BUY TEARS BY GIVING GOLD
13. ALL ARTS THAT DEVELOPED WERE TAUGHT BY TIME, NOT BY THE TEACHER
14. GOOD WOMAN MUST OBEY MAN GREAT EVIL WHEN WOMAN OVERCOMES MAN
15. HE WHO OFFERS SACRIFICES, THINKING THAT, WITH BULLS AND SHEEP, OR WITH OTHER SUCH THINGS, OR WITH WEAVES OF GOLD, OR, WITH PORFYR, OR WITH IDOLS OF IVORY, OR, WITH EMERALD, HE WILL PACIFY GOD, HE IS A FOOL
16. A MAN, TO BE BELOVED TO GOD, MUST BE JUST AND VIRTUOUS, NOT TO CORRUPT VIRGINS, NOT TO BE ADULTERER, NOT TO STEAL AND NOT TO KILL FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY. YOU SHOULD NOT DESIRE EVEN A STRANGER'S NEEDLE, BECAUSE GOD IS STANDING BESIDE YOU AND WATCHING YOUR EVERY ACTION