All men are liable to err; but when an error hath been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains not stubborn.
τοῖς πᾶσι κοινόν ἐστι τοὐξαμαρτάνειν·
ἐπεὶ δ᾿ ἁμάρτῃ, κεῖνος οὐκέτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἀνὴρ
ἄβουλος οὐδ᾿ ἄνολβος, ὅστις ἐς κακὸν
πεσὼν ἀκεῖται μηδ᾿ ἀκίνητος πέλει.
ἐπεὶ δ᾿ ἁμάρτῃ, κεῖνος οὐκέτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἀνὴρ
ἄβουλος οὐδ᾿ ἄνολβος, ὅστις ἐς κακὸν
πεσὼν ἀκεῖται μηδ᾿ ἀκίνητος πέλει.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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All men are liable to err.
But when an error is made, that man is no longer
unwise or unblessed who heals the evil
into which he has fallen and does not remain stubborn. (ed. Moses Hadas, 1965)