τὴν συμμέτρησιν… τῶν κλιμάκων οὕτως ἔλαβον

From LSJ

Σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → Sometimes silence is preferable to words → Est ubi loquelā melius est silentium → Das Schweigen ist dem Reden manchmal vorzuziehn

Menander, Monostichoi, 477

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

thus they got the measurement for their ladders