Friday, January 02, 2026
What's Done Can't Be Undone
Pindar, Olympian Odes 2.15-17 (tr. Anthony Verity):
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But when some deed has been done, right or wrong,
not even Time the father of all things can undo its outcome.
τῶν δὲ πεπραγμένων
ἐν δίκᾳ τε καὶ παρὰ δίκαν ἀποίητον οὐδ᾿ ἄν
Χρόνος ὁ πάντων πατὴρ
δύναιτο θέμεν ἔργων τέλος.
