Alas, how right the ancient saying is:
We, who are old, are nothing else but noise
And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go,
And have no wits, although we think us wise.
φεῦ φεῦ, παλαιὸς αἶνος ὡς καλῶς ἔχει·
γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ὄχλος
καὶ σμῆμ᾿, ὀνείρων δ᾿ ἕρπομεν μιμήματα·
νοῦς δ᾿ οὐκ ἔνεστιν, οἰόμε⟨σ⟩θα δ᾿ εὖ φρονεῖν.
γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ὄχλος
καὶ σμῆμ᾿, ὀνείρων δ᾿ ἕρπομεν μιμήματα·
νοῦς δ᾿ οὐκ ἔνεστιν, οἰόμε⟨σ⟩θα δ᾿ εὖ φρονεῖν.
Original text (Ancient Greek)