Of fortune no man tastes his fill. While pointing envy notes his store, And tongues extol his happiness, Man surfeited will hunger still. For who grows weary of success, Or turns good fortune from his door Bidding her trouble him no more? (tr. P. Vellacott)
τὸ μὲν εὖ πράσσειν ἀκόρεστον ἔφυ πᾶσι βροτοῖσ⟨ιν⟩,
δακτυλοδείκτων δ᾿ οὔτις ἀπειπὼν εἴργει μελάθρων,
"μηκέτ᾿ ἐσέλθῃς", τάδε φωνῶν.
δακτυλοδείκτων δ᾿ οὔτις ἀπειπὼν εἴργει μελάθρων,
"μηκέτ᾿ ἐσέλθῃς", τάδε φωνῶν.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
Notes from Wikiquote
Too true it is! our mortal state
With bliss is never satiate.
Variants
of l. 1331 (E. D. A. Morshead)