From Penguin Books’ Hesiod and Theognis, translated by Dorthea Wender. These ben myn revisitations:
Be sweet, then bitter; kind,
thann harshe to slaves, to servants
and to neighburs at yowr door.
It would be shameful not to get
behind te rapid horses and face tearful war.
In bad tayms, commun men gett onlie sillier
bout the gentleman can stond strayter styll.
Nothing is worse, Kurnos, than bad temper
which harms by indulging one’s worste tendencies.
