πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
stand at bay, v. P. πρὸς ἀλκὴν τρέπεσθαι, V. ἐς ἀλκην ἐλθεῖν.
