“All things—including great virtues and wealth—meet a single, invincible Charybdis.”
πάντα γὰρ μίαν ἱκνεῖται δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν,
αἱ μεγάλαι τ᾿ ἀρεταὶ καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος.
Simonides, Fragment 522 (Stobaeus, Extracts)
“All things—including great virtues and wealth—meet a single, invincible Charybdis.”
πάντα γὰρ μίαν ἱκνεῖται δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν,
αἱ μεγάλαι τ᾿ ἀρεταὶ καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος.