Long time thou'lt toil to gather up the heap
Which thou canst scatter in a single day.
ἔργον συναγαγεῖν σωρὸν ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ,
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ δὲ διαφορῆσαι ῥᾴδιον.
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ δὲ διαφορῆσαι ῥᾴδιον.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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It is difficult to gather a heap in a long time, but it is easy to squander the whole in a day.
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(C. T. Ramage, 1873)