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Tag: Between Scylla and Charybdis

Simonides, 356

May 3, 2013 ~ Erik ~ Leave a comment

“For, whether it be great virtues or great riches, all things come to one terrible Charybdis.”

πάντα γὰρ μίαν ἱκνεῖται δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν,
αί μεγάλαι τ’ ἀρεταὶ καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος.

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