Archilochus was an early Greek lyric poet, living from 680 BC to 645 BC. He is known for his sharp wit and profound emotional expression, considered one of the pioneers of Greek lyric poetry.
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“The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one, but that is the best of all.”
Source: Carmina Archilochi: The Fragments of Archilochos
“There’s one big thing I know, to pay back injury done to me with terrible injuries.”
Source: Greek Lyric Poetry
Source: Archilochos, Sappho, Alkman: three lyric poets of the late Greek Bronze Age
“We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”
“I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.”