Too many tongues have gates which fly apart
Too easily, and care for many things
That don’t concern them.

πολλοῖς ἀνθρώπων γλώσσῃ θύρᾳ οὐκ ἐπίκεινται
ἁρμόδιαι, καί σφιν πόλλ᾿ ἀμέλητα πέλει.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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