Fragment 101 (Voigt 50)
101 · Voigt 50He who is fair to look upon is [good], and he who is good will soon be fair also.
Ὀ μὲν γὰρ κάλος, ὄσσον ἴδην, πέλεται [ἄγαθος],
ὀ δὲ κἄγαθος αὔτικα καὶ κάλος ἔσσεται.
Beauty, fair flower, upon the surface lies;
But worth with beauty e’en in aspect vies.
— ? Felton.
Galen, the physician, writing about 160 A.D., says: ‘It is better therefore, knowing that the beauty of youth is like Spring flowers, its pleasure lasting but a little while, to approve of what the Lesbian [here] says, and to believe Solon when he points out the same.’