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| ὑμεῖς δὲ σκέψασθε ὅσον ἂν καὶ τοῦτο ἁμαρτάνοιτε Κλέωνι πειθόμενοι. |
| Only consider what a blunder you would commit in doing as Cleon recommends. |
| Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 3.47 (488) |
| Ἰοκάστη ἐπίσχες· οὔτοι τὸ ταχὺ τὴν δίκην ἔχει, βραδεῖς δὲ μῦθοι πλεῖστον ἀνύουσιν σοφόν. σχάσον δὲ δεινὸν ὄμμα καὶ θυμοῦ πνοάς· |
| Wait! Speed does not have justice; slow thoughts bring wisdom. Restrain your awful look, the pants of your rage. |
| Euripides Phoenissae 452 (517) |
| μηδέ τί μ’ αἰδόμενος μειλίσσεο μηδ’ ἐλεαίρων, ἀλλ’ εὖ μοι κατάλεξον ὃπως ἤντησας ὀπωπῆς. |
| And do thou nowise out of ruth or pity for me speak soothing words, but tell me truly how thou didst come to behold him. |
| Homer Odyssey 3 96 (564) |