Archilochos Quotes & Sayings

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one, but that is the best of all. — Archilochos

Heart, my heart, so battered with misfortune far beyond your strength, up, and face the men who hate us. Bare your chest to the assault of the enemy, and fight them off. Stand fast among the beamlike spears. Give no ground; and if you beat them, do not brag in open show, nor, if they beat you, run home and lie down on your bed and cry. Keep some measure in the joy you take in luck, and the degree you give away to sorrow. All your life is up-and-down like this. — Archilochos

We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training. — Archilochos

The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one. — Archilochos

Some Saian mountaineer
Struts today with my shield.
I threw it down by a bush and ran
When the fighting got hot.
Life seemed somehow more precious.
It was a beautiful shield.
I know where I can buy another
Exactly like it, just as round. — Archilochos