The very best thing for a person is health,
Second good looks and third honest wealth,
the fourth is to be in the prime of your life
With people around you who cause you no strife.

ὑγιαίνειν μὲν ἄριστον ἀνδρὶ θνατῷ, δεύτερον δὲ φυὰν καλὸν γενέσθαι, τὸ τρίτον δὲ πλουτεῖν ἀδόλως, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ἡβᾶν μετὰ τῶν φίλων.

Socrates

Quoted in Gorgias, by Plato

An ancient Greek drinking song.

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Topic

The good life

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Gorgias

Medium

Philosophical dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Greek

Time

4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Anonymous. Drinking song quoted by Socrates. Quoted in Gorgias by Plato. 4th century BC.

Current Citation

Anonymous. Drinking song quoted by Socraties. Quoted in Gorgias by Plato. Translated by Walter Hamilton. Penguin, 2004.

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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

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Laws
Medium
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Genre
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Plato. Laws. 346 BC, bk. 7, 808d.

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O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory?

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Apostle Paul
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Statement Type
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Time
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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 15:55).

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Jesus

Luke 17:21

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Time
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Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

Ovid

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One step at a time Persistence

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Ovid
Medium
Letter
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Latin
Time
18 10s 1st century
Era
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