There the sons of obscure Night hold their habitation, Sleep and Death, dread gods.
Ἔνθα δὲ Νυκτὸς παῖδες ἐρεμνῆς οἰκί᾽ ἔχουσιν,
Ὕπνος καὶ Θάνατος, δεινοὶ θεοί.
Ὕπνος καὶ Θάνατος, δεινοὶ θεοί.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
Original text (Ancient Greek)
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and, again, nothing worse than a bad one.
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