for the last ten years I have wasted in misery
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)
ἀπόλλυμαι τάλας ἔτος τόδ' ἤδη δέκατον
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