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

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

ἀπόλλυμαι τάλας ἔτος τόδ' ἤδη δέκατον

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