Sunday, June 20, 2021
Don't Be a Blowhard
Theognis 159-160 (tr. Douglas E. Gerber):
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Never talk big, Cyrnus, for no one knowsB.A. van Groningen ad loc.:
what a day or night will bring to pass for a man.
μήποτε, Κύρν᾿, ἀγορᾶσθαι ἔπος μέγα· οἶδε γὰρ οὐδεὶς
ἀνθρώπων ὅ τι νὺξ χἠμέρη ἀνδρὶ τελεῖ.
