οὗ ναῦς χαλινοῖς λινοδέτοις ὁρμεῖ σέθεν

From LSJ

ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

where your ship rides at anchor bound by ropes of flax