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Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Agathon

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Last updated on November 15, 2024.

Agathon

Agathon was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. He is best known for his appearance in Plato's Symposium, which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy at the Lenaia in 416. He is also a prominent character in Aristophanes' comedy the Thesmophoriazusae.

Poet | 448 BC - 400 BC

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This only is denied even to God: the power to undo the past.

Agathon

Agathon

Even God cannot change the past.

Agathon

Agathon

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever. — © Agathon

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.

Agathon

Agathon

The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding.

Agathon

Agathon

There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.

Agathon

Agathon

Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.

Agathon

Agathon

Art is in love with luck, and luck with art.

Agathon

Agathon

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