οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ταμιεύεσθαι εἰς ὅσον βουλόμεθα ἄρχειν
From LSJ
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
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
