O Death, Death, when I am thus ever calling thee, day by day, why canst thou never come?
ὦ θάνατε θάνατε, πῶς ἀεὶ καλούμενος
οὕτω κατ᾿ ἦμαρ οὐ δύνῃ μολεῖν ποτε
οὕτω κατ᾿ ἦμαρ οὐ δύνῃ μολεῖν ποτε
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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It is no weakness for the wisest man
To learn when he is wrong.
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
When the mind hath once become a parent of evil, it teaches men to be evil thenceforth.
I well believe it, to unwilling ears;None love the messenger who brings bad news.
Evil seems good, soon or late, to him whose mind the god draws to mischief.
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