Necessity teaches wisdom even to the unlearned.
χρεία διδάσκει, κἂν ἄμουσος ᾖ, σοφόν.
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Compare Euripides, frg. 715.2 TrGF (tr. W. F. H. King, 1904):
χρεία διδάσκει, κἂν βραδύς τις ᾖ, σοφόν.
Necessity will put wits even into the dullest heads.