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title: "1 Perfumed Quotes By Archilochus"
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> [Old women should not seek to be perfumed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/old-women-should-not-seek-to-be-perfumed/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

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## More by Archilochus

> [“The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/the-fox-knows-many-tricks-the-hedgehog-one-good-one/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [You can't even cross a river without having to pay a toll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/you-can-t-even-cross-a-river-without-having-to-pay-a-toll/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [Nothing can be sworn impossible since Zeus made night during mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/nothing-can-be-sworn-impossible-since-zeus-made-night-during-mid-day/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [Nothing can be surprising any more or impossible or miraculous, now that Zeus, father of the Olympians has made night out of noonday, hiding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/nothing-can-be-surprising-any-more-or-impossible-or-miraculous-now/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/zeus-the-father-of-the-olympic-gods-turned-mid-day-into-night-hiding/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/and-by-a-prudent-flight-and-cunning-save-a-life-which-valour-could/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/i-have-a-high-art-i-hurt-with-cruelty-those-who-would-damage-me/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [“Heart, my heart, so battered with misfortune far beyond your strength, up, and face the men who hate us. Bare your chest to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/heart-my-heart-so-battered-with-misfortune-far-beyond-your-strength/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [“The fox knows many tricks, the hedgehog only one. One good one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/the-fox-knows-many-tricks-the-hedgehog-only-one-one-good-one/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/take-the-joy-and-bear-the-sorrow-looking-past-your-hopes-and-fears/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/be-brave-my-heart-plant-your-feet-and-square-your-shoulders-to-the/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/the-fox-knows-many-things-but-the-hedgehog-knows-one-big-thing/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/let-who-will-boast-their-courage-in-the-field-i-find-but-little/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [The Fox knows many things-the hedgehog one big one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/the-fox-knows-many-things-the-hedgehog-one-big-one/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

> [“In the hospitality of war we left them their dead to remember us by.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archilochus/in-the-hospitality-of-war-we-left-them-their-dead-to-remember-us-by/)

[Archilochus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archilochus/)

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