οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ταμιεύεσθαι εἰς ὅσον βουλόμεθα ἄρχειν

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

we cannot arrange how far we wish our empire to extend, we cannot dictate as to how far we wish our empire to extend, we cannot regulate the extent to which we wish our empire to reach