Men of ill judgement oft ignore the good
That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

οἱ γὰρ κακοὶ γνώμαισι τἀγάθ᾿ ἐν χεροῖν
ἔχοντες οὐκ ἴσασι πρίν τις ἐκβάλῃ.

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