“Teaching is easier for someone who knows; not learning first is stupid. ”
τὸ διδάξασθαι δέ τοι εἰδότι ῥᾴτερον• ἄγνωμον δὲ τὸ μὴ προμαθεῖν•
Tag: Olympian
Pindar, Olympian 7. 94-5
“In one small bit of time, the winds whirl this way and that.”
ἐν δὲ μιᾷ μοίρᾳ χρόνου
ἄλλοτ’ ἀλλοῖαι διαιθύσσοισιν αὖραι.
(I know, I know: ἄλλοτ’ ἀλλοῖαι διαιθύσσοισιν αὖραι is probably more literally construed as “some winds go one way and other winds go other ways” or “different winds go in different directions” but I went for the simple way…)