Λακεδαιμονίων ὀργώντων ἔμελλον πειράσεσθαι
From LSJ
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)
they were going to have experience of Lacedaemonians whose heart was in their work
