τοῖς ὅλοις ἡσσᾶσθαι ἐνόμιζον

From LSJ

Ζήσεις βίον κράτιστον, ἢν θυμοῦ κρατῇς → Vives bene, si sis vacuus iracundia → Am besten lebst du, wenn du deinen Zorn beherrschst

Menander, Monostichoi, 186

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

they thought that all was lost