Surely much knowledge is a grievous thing for him who does not control his tongue; this man is really a child with a knife.

ἦ πολυιδρείη χαλεπὸν κακόν, ὅστις ἀκαρτεῖ
γλώσσης· ὡς ἐτεὸν παῖς ὅδε μαῦλιν ἔχει.

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