Phidias, all other things may men conceal
Save two, that they've drunk wine or fall'n in love;
Both these by word and look do men betray,
So that the very fact of their denial
But makes the case more clear.

κρύψαι, Φειδία,
ἅπαντα τἆλλά τις δύναιτ᾿ ἂν πλὴν δυοῖν,
οἶνόν τε πίνων εἰς ἔρωτά τ᾿ ἐμπεσών.
ἀμφότερα μηνύει γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν βλεμμάτων
καὶ τῶν λόγων ταῦθ᾿· ὥστε τοὺς ἀρνουμένους
μάλιστα τούτους καταφανεῖς ποιεῖ.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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