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ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

I shall put upon my head the gaping jaws of a beast: V. χάσμα θηρὸς ἀμφʼ ἐμῷ θήσω κάρᾳ (Eur., Rhes. 209).