#deipnosophists

[red-moon-at-night]

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, 7.53 - ca. 228 CE 

This doesn't have any right to be as funny as it is, and yet here I am, laughing.

[acertainidontknowwhat]

ὑγιαίνειν μὲν ἄριστον ἀνδρὶ θνητῶ, δεύτερον δὲ καλὸν φυὰν γενέσθαι, τὸ τρίτον δὲ πλουτεῖν ἀδόλως, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ἡβᾶν μετὰ τῶν φίλων.

"The best thing for a mortal man is to be healthy; second best is to become beautiful; third is to grow rich without treachery; and the fourth, to be young with his friends." - A skolion recorded in the Deipnosophists by Athenaeus