σοφῇ δὲ χειρὶ τεκτόνων δέμας τὸ σὸν εἰκασθὲν ἐν λέκτροισιν ἐκταθήσεται

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ἐνίοις τὸ σιγᾶν κρεῖττόν ἐστι τοῦ λαλεῖν → for some people silence is better than words (Menander)

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

thy body moulded by the skilful hands of craftsmen shall lie stretched upon my couch

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