μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
past: P. and V. παρελθών, ὁ πρίν, ὁ πρόσθεν, P. παρεληλυθώς.
ancient: P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, παλαιός.
let by-gones be by-gones, v.: Ar. and P. μὴ μνησικακεῖν.
