Saturday, April 04, 2026
Contentment
Euripides, fragment 1076 Kannicht (tr. Christopher Collard and Martin Cropp):
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Best of all not to force the gods,
but to be content with one's lot. Desire for the impossible
makes many lose what they have now.
πάντων ἄριστον μὴ βιάζεσθαι θεούς,
στέγειν δὲ μοῖραν· τῶν ἀμηχάνων δ᾿ ἔρως
πολλοὺς ἔθηκε τοῦ παρόντος ἀμπλακεῖν.
