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Full Idea
Pleasures for mortals are like impious pirates, for the man who is caught by pleasures is immediately drowned in a sea of them.
Gist of Idea
Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures
Source
Epicharmus (comedies (frags) [c.470 BCE], B44), quoted by (who?) - where?
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.38
A Reaction
Not all slopes are slippery. Plenty of people hold themselves to strict rules about alcohol or gambling. People have occasional treats.
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436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |