Paroemiae

This line caught nothing: said of fishermen who have drawn up nothing. Aphrodisian oath: not subject to penalty. Market of the Cercopes: for wicked and malicious people. For there were certain swindlers called Cercopes in Ephesus. An eagle's old age, a lark's youth. Goods of the Cilicians: for those who are not rightly wealthy; for a certain Cilician traitor who betrayed Miletus became wealthy. Do not despise a rustic orator. Garden of Adonis: for short-lived and untimely things. At other times be otherwise and follow the place: that it is fitting to conform oneself to the customs of the cities and places in which one may be; it is said from the octopuses. Shake another oak: for those who refuse to grant the request any longer, they are accustomed to take. You sing as if sailing to Delos: for those who live carelessly and pleasure-lovingly. Salt and chickpea: for those who do not know and pretend; for the seers place salt and chickpea. To lift the armpit: instead of to feast; said from those dancing in a rustic manner.

A goat and a knife. A tearless war, and a sleeping man's trophy: for those who succeed very easily and contrary to expectation. Always a jackdaw beside a jackdaw: and, Always god brings like to like. Horn of Amaltheia: because Zeus provided to his nurse Amaltheia a horn from the goat that suckled him, through which everything she asked for gushed forth for her. You are teaching an eagle to fly. For the dice of Zeus always fall well: for those honored worthily. A contest admits no excuse, nor does friendship. An eagle in the clouds: for things hard to catch. A ground life: for that which is ready and effortless. You are stirring up Anagyros: for those who bring evils upon themselves; for a certain hero Anagyros harmed his neighbors. May such enemies always pursue me: for those who are despised and worth nothing. An eagle sees a woodworm: for those who despise certain things. There is no salt in him: for the unpleasant man. A fox is not bribed: for those not easily caught. Libya always brings some evil: for those who always discover some new evil.

The sources of rivers flow upward: for things said contrarily. The fornicator always calls the chaste man a fornicator. Silver fountains speak: for those who are made manifest or succeed through wealth. Shun a greater man: that is, beware, in Ionic style. An Arabian flute-player: who played for a drachma, but stopped for four. The cap of Hades. To touch with the tip of the finger. To weep blood: hyperbolically, for those who weep exceedingly. The Graces are naked because one must bestow gifts [without vainglory] freely. You are feeding a whetstone: for those who are fed and do not improve. Others labored, others enjoyed: for those who inherit others' property contrary to expectation. The owl utters one thing, the crow another: for those who do not agree with each other. To play the fox against another fox: for those who wish to deceive their equals. Some have a tongue, others have molars: for talkers and eaters. An old man's head is a raisin: for those who are useful for nothing. Leukon carries one thing, Leukon's donkey another: for those whose deeds are inconsistent with their words.

We were draining one source, but another flows in: for those who labor in vain. They asked for the bucket, but they denied the troughs. Pity has been used up and grace has died: for the ungrateful. If meat is not available, one must be content with salt fish: that one must be content with what is at hand. We once were something; last year's things are always better. A man who flees does not wait for the sound of the lyre: for those who must do each thing quickly. A Lydian man had no troubles, but he came and bought them himself: for those who bring evils upon themselves. A bottomless jar. To farm the winds: for those who labor and obtain nothing. Not even the gods fight against necessity. Instead of a perch, a scorpion: for those who choose the worse things. A fisherman who is struck will be sensible: The one who suffers, even a child, learns. Some sow, but others will reap. You seek tracks when the bear is present: for obvious things. A beetle delivers an eagle: for those who suffer at the hands of worthless creatures; for the beetle destroys the eagle's eggs by rolling them. An old man's jaws are his staff. When a man does well, his friends are nearest.

When a man fares badly, his friends stand aside. The fox drives the ox: for those who are deceitful and small, yet overcome great fools. One day is a stepmother, another a mother: for those who sometimes prosper and at other times fare badly. Give and take at the same time: when we deal with an untrustworthy person. The treasure has turned to coals: for those who are disappointed in what they hoped for. From slow-legged donkeys a horse has sprung. All things are easy for the wise: for those who through prudence overcome even difficulties. Fight with silver spears, and you will prevail over all. Every hedgehog is rough. You are flaying a wineskin: for those who act foolishly. You live the life of a flute-player: for those who live off others. You will pay back, pig, the grape seeds: that is, you will repay what you have eaten. The counsel of evil has met with utter ruin: for those who suffer what they deserve for their deeds. Athos covers the side of the Lemnian cow. From the oar to the platform: for those who suddenly attempt the greatest things. You do not feed yourself, but you feed dogs: for those who are at a loss to feed themselves yet promise to feed others.

Having eaten a bushel of salt: for the ungrateful. The wagon drags the ox: for those who do things in reverse. Wagon-sized words: for grand speeches. A man is a precipice—both soul and mind and character: for those who change most readily. The pig, the talent, and the jaw are lost. Uninvited, friends revel at friends' houses: similar also to: "Good men go unbidden to the feast of the good." The doors of the Muses are open. The beginning reveals the man. The cargo of salt came from here and went there: for things badly acquired and then lost; for a merchant carrying salt in a ship, when a storm arose, lost the salt in the sea. [A night-seen emerald] dark in the light, bright in the dark. It is hard to speak much among fools when one is wise. If the lion's skin does not suffice, sew on the fox's: for those who cannot harm openly but use cunning. You throw a javelin with a plow: for those who act without forethought. The trap itself seems about to catch a trap.

Here is Rhodes, here the leap. Boeotian mind: for the uneducated; the Boeotians were always reproached for this. Boeotian law: for those who are quiet at first but later cause disturbance. Touchstone: for those examined in arguments, inasmuch as the Lydian stone tests gold. Boeotian riddles: for the unintelligent; for the Sphinx was Boeotian. An ox on the tongue: for those who are bribed; because the coin of the Athenians has an ox. The knee is nearer than the shin: for those who love themselves more than others. It is bad to straighten an old man who fell when young. Sweet is the fruit when the guard is gone: for those who reap the fruits of others without toil. An old woman celebrates the Bacchic rites: for those who do something out of season. Old wives' tales. You reproach me with my belly, the finest reproach of all, which is lighter when full, heavy when empty. Burden of the earth: for the useless. War is sweet to the inexperienced. An old woman, having clapped her hands, raises much dust: for those who, through experience, set many things in motion. The ring of Gyges: for the resourceful.

Naked as a peg. A woman commands an army, and, A woman camps: for paradoxical things. Do not trust a woman, not even when she is dead. Ionic laughter: for the dissolute; for the Ionians were reproached for this. An old fox is not caught. An owl to Athens: for those who display to those who know, things which they know better themselves; because there are many owls in Athens. An old ox is unheeded in the house. He will pay the penalty even if a donkey bites a dog: for those who are falsely accused over a small matter. Lawsuit begets lawsuit and harm begets harm: for those fond of litigation who string together lawsuits with lawsuits; and for those who encounter frequent misfortunes. It is shameful to stumble against the same stone twice. Dodonian bronze: for a chatterer. You must be drawn through a ring: for those who have become thin due to illness or grief. Gifts persuade gods and reverent kings. Egyptian women are clever at weaving devices. A catch is given even to the wicked. Second voyage. A basin does not hold a dolphin. Epimenides' sleep: for those who sleep a lot; for he slept for fifty years.

You have consulted Trophonius: for the gloomy and pale. You are slipping away in a threshing-floor: that is, you are hiding; for those unable to escape notice. Let him be steward, and for the rest, if you wish, a dog: for those who prosper beyond their worth, and especially eunuchs. From every wood a bent piece might be made: said of those of humble appearance but necessary for use. To old mangers: for those who have returned to what they formerly were and fell from. You see three in two: for those who see one thing instead of another. To act like a partridge: that is, to swerve aside; for those who slip away from hunters. You make an elephant out of a fly: for those who magnify small things in speech. I will bathe myself: I will serve myself. You have come to the sick as one sick: for those who suffer alike. A sleeping man catches a fish-trap: for the fortunate. Even an ant has bile: that one should not despise even the small. Hermes uninitiated. To drink from a perforated cup: for false friends. You hide yourself in honey: for those who live in pleasures.

He puts on the lion's skin. He sleeps the sleep of Endymion: for those who sleep a great deal. The trap has caught the mouse: for those who are justly caught. I am at a crossroads of thoughts: for those who are at a loss. To fight with dogs in a well. You flay a flayed one: for those who labor in vain; better, for those who mistreat those in misfortune. Then, being rich, he no longer delights in lentil soup. But before, because of poverty, he used to eat everything. In summer you wear out your cloak: for those who do not use necessities in the proper season. Where neither the wind allows one to stay nor to sail out: for those who have fallen into difficult circumstances. An elephant does not heed a mouse. You have your foot out of the mud: for those who are outside of dangers. It hangs by a hair: for those who are in danger. Similar to "On a razor's edge." Noble from a purse: for those honored because of wealth. A spear for a pledge: they say an old woman said this to a shopkeeper who was taking a spear as a pledge. Free goats of the plow: for those freed from a burden. You spit into your bosom: instead of, you do not boast.

In a jar, the pottery: for those who do not progress in their studies in a proper manner. To dance in the dark: for those who toil without witnesses. You will become a living being having received a portion of an onion: for those who reap great glory from a small cause. For we live not as we wish, but as we are able. For seeking a relish, I lost my cloak: for the most unfortunate. A nail drove out a nail, a peg drove out a peg: for ills healed by means of transgressions. The dog in the manger: for those who neither use things themselves nor allow others to do so; inasmuch as the dog, staying in the manger, does not eat the barley and does not allow the horse to do so. There were once, there were once valiant Milesians. More foolish than Adonis, son of Praxiteles: For a certain Adonis, son of Praxiteles, having died and being asked by those in Hades what most beautiful thing he had left above, answered: Sun, Moon, figs, apples. He seemed, then, foolish to equate these with the Sun. A sacrifice of Heracles: for those who use sacrifices in vain. The anchovy, the fire: for those who quickly reach an end; inasmuch as the anchovy is quickly cooked.

Anger grows last: said of the elderly; for as they grow old, they have their spirit more vigorous. Water from a torrent into the sea: for those who bring small things to great ones with ambition. Thasos of goods: for those who promise to make someone prosperous and brilliant. Sacred anchor: the great help. Equality is friendship. Equality does not make war. Iliad of evils. I will imitate Hippolytus: for those who live chastely. He challenges horsemen to the plain: that is, those who excel in the works in which they excel. Of a bad crow, a bad egg. Adorn Sparta which fell to you: that one must be content with one's given lot and endure. Cadmean victory: a victory harmful to the victors. Swan song: for those near death; for swans sing when dying. Crow and scorpion: for those who attempt harmful things. Cilician goats: shaggy ones; whence garments made of hair are called cilician. To Cretize: meaning to lie and deceive; for such are the Cretans.

As nurses you feed badly. A dog to its own vomit. Even to profit from the dead. You come after the feast: for those who miss a fine thing. You have put the colophon on it: that is, the perfect and complete. It is carried with the current. A crab catches a hare: for impossible things. Empty people plan empty things. The mullet fasts: for gluttons; the animal is insatiable. The ram has paid back its keep: for the ungrateful; for rams strike both the mangers and those who reared them. Bad are the woodworms, bad the clothes-moths: for both are destructive; and the one eats wood, the other horns. Lemnian evils: from the women in Lemnos, who killed their husbands. A hare about meat: for those who are in danger and strive for this, since that one also runs for its own meat. A gaping wolf; and, the wolf dances around a well: for those who labor in vain. You seek a wolf's feather: for impossible things. You spin flax with flax: for those who do or say the same things through the same things, or for things that correspond.

A wolf flees an eagle: for those who cannot escape. A Lydian chariot: for the very swift. And, you run like a Lydian. A white line on a white stone. One thicket does not feed two finches. A Median table. The marrow of honey: for something exceedingly sweet. Neither honey nor bees: for those who refuse a good thing because of the danger in it. Let not a gazelle join battle with a lion. The plunder of the Mysians: for the neighbors plundered the Mysians. Do not stir Camarina: a lake which the oracle forbade to drain; those who disobeyed and drained it were harmed. It will be more blamed than imitated: for the uneducated. Do not give a knife to a child. Do not entrust affairs to the inexperienced. One swallow does not make spring, nor one bee honey. He told a story to a dead man's ear: for one who does not hear; and for the insensible. You are carding clouds: for impossible things. A ship entreats a rock: for the utterly insensible. A razor to a whetstone. A crooked piece of wood is never straight: for the incorrigible. One should not plan beside the altar: because one must deliberate before actions, not during them; just as those who offer sacrifices do not deliberate about them after sacrificing.

A fox will not be caught again: the word "will be caught" is implied; for once it escapes the traps, it is not caught a second time. A donkey carries mysteries: for those who have been entrusted with something unworthily. A donkey's jaws: for a glutton. Where deer shed their antlers: difficult places. For those who make their haunts hard to find. For some are no more, and those who are, are bad. Milesian things at home, not here: for those who display their character or practices where it is not appropriate, when these are disreputable. For a Milesian, speaking in public among the Lacedaemonians and praising the luxury at home, heard this. Wine, O children, is truth. A donkey into the chaff. It neither rains nor shines: for the insensible. You would not be praised even at a funeral feast: for the most worthless and of no account; for it is customary at the feasts for the dead to praise them, even if they were the most worthless. The witness from home: for those who bring witnesses against themselves. A donkey among bees: for those who have fallen into troubles.

A donkey listening to a lyre: for the uncomprehending. Someone told a story to a donkey, and it shook its ears. Much chaff, little fruit I have brought forth. You are speaking to a deaf man. Weeping at a stepmother's tomb: for those who pretend. An oak is tamed by many blows: for the hard to capture. Before catching the fish, you stir the brine: for those who anticipate the right moments. A male dog has many beds: for those inclined to the works of Aphrodite. Often a foolish man has spoken to the point. Much between cup and lip. You are washing a brick: for impossible things. A beggar's wallet is never filled: for the insatiable. The variegation of a hydra: for the deceitful. Many will hate you if you love yourself. Fire coming upon a brand. The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog one great thing. Many are thyrsus-bearers, but few are Bacchants. To kick against the goads. Wickedness needs only a pretext. Before the victory you sing a hymn of praise. Poets tell many lies. A river contends with the sea: for impossible things.

I have heard the rustling of many fig leaves. Sleep comes over a hungry fox. Poverty obtained wisdom. I will move every stone. Every rope. Deer join battle against a lion. Rhodian sacrifice: for those who blaspheme in sacred places. More talkative than a rocky shore: for chatterers; for it produces a noise when struck by the waves. Rhadamanthys' judgment: the most just. Having passed by a rose, seek it no more. What is done even a child knows. More cowardly than the people of Rhegium. With Athena, also move your hand. The francolin came together with the new moon. Time is the counselor of affairs. Forgiveness for a first-timer: for those who err in their first attempts. Sardonic laughter: feigned and not from a rejoicing heart. Sicilian table, and, Sybaritic. Wisdom of a fool: for those who speak senselessly. One would take an omen from seeing you: and, But youth hated and took omens from him. Themistocles never thought of such a thing: for he carried off a reputation for wisdom. More intricate than Typhon. Talents of Tantalus: for the exceedingly rich.

You have put the colophon on it: for great matters; and for a definitive vote. What is in the heart of the sober man is on the tongue of the drunkard. Fleeing the smoke, he fell into the fire. The dog’s mischief the pig paid for: for when others have sinned, but others have paid the penalty. To scratch back at the one scratching: from a metaphor of donkeys; for they scratch each other. For those who benefit or harm each other in turn. More silent than the son of Croesus. Why did you not hang yourself, so that you might become a hero in Thebes? For those who laid hands on themselves in Thebes were honored. The wall of Hipparchus: Hipparchus, son of Peisistratus, built a wall beside the Pythium, having compelled the Athenians into great expenditures. You seem to me to have shaken out your brain. The thought is the god’s, but the theft is mine: for thus the demagogues would say wittily; the god suggested it, but I am the one who carried it out. He needs celery: for those who are severely ill. For they are accustomed to crown tombs with celery. A tragic ape: for those who pride themselves beyond their worth.

Insult gave birth to insult, and blame gave birth to blame. For a donkey's shadow: for those who toil over nothing. A scorpion sleeps under every stone: for malicious persons. To leap beyond the dug-up ground: similar to, You stretch a foot beyond the step. You are casting the die for the whole: that is, you are contending and risking everything. It gives birth to wind-eggs: false and unstable things. You are cutting the Hydra: for impossible things. A sow, after bathing, into a wallow of mud. A sow under a club: for those who cast themselves into destruction. A Phrygian man, when struck, is better and more serviceable: for Phrygian slaves seem sluggish. Another Phrynondas: for wicked persons. It is also said of magicians. It is hard to let a pig taste a piglet. Wealth makes the man; a poor man is never noble. Without the boundaries of the Phrygians and Mysians. Visible on the skin: they say that Pherecydes the wise died of phthiriasis, and that when Pythagoras inquired about this, he replied, pointing his finger: Visible on the skin. To be bleary-eyed with pots and gourds: for those who are dull-sighted. Sprinkling us with gold, you do not know us: for those who revile at random; for it adds, But now this is an ornament to me.

As a hero on a shield I wish to entertain: said of those who benefit their friends by their own deeds. To those standing with ears. The mountain was in labor, then gave birth to a mouse: a shot aside that misses the mark. This line has caught nothing: said of fishermen who have caught nothing. Aphrodite's oath: not subject to penalty. Market of the Cercopes: for wicked and malicious persons. For there were some Cercopes, deceivers, in Ephesus. An eagle's old age, a lark's youth. Goods of the Cilicians: for those who are not wealthy in a good way; for a certain Cilician traitor who betrayed Miletus became wealthy. Do not despise a rustic orator. Garden of Adonis: for short-lived and untimely things. At other times to be otherwise and to follow the place: that it is fitting to adapt oneself to the customs of the cities and places in which one may be; said of octopuses. Shake another oak: for those who refuse to grant the request are accustomed to take. You sing as if sailing to Delos: for those who live carelessly and pleasure-lovingly.

Salt and bean: said of those who pretend to know but do not; for diviners place salt and bean. To lift the armpit: meaning to feast; derived from those who dance in a rustic manner. The goat to the knife. A tearless war, and A trophy of a sleeping man: said of those who succeed very easily and contrary to expectation. Always a jackdaw with a jackdaw: and Always god brings like to like. Horn of Amaltheia: because Zeus, for his nurse Amaltheia, provided a horn from the goat that suckled him, through which it gushed forth for her everything she asked. You teach an eagle to fly. Always the dice of Zeus fall well: said of those honored worthily. A contest does not admit of pretext, nor does friendship. An eagle in the clouds: said of things hard to catch. A ground life: said of what is ready and effortless. You stir up Anagyros: said of those who bring evils upon themselves; for a certain hero Anagyros harmed his neighbors. May such enemies always pursue me: said of those who are despised and worth nothing. An eagle sees the grub: said of those who despise certain things.

There is no salt in him: for the insipid. A fox is not bribed: for those not easily caught. Africa always bears some new evil: for those always discovering some new evil. The sources of rivers flow upward: for things said contrary to expectation. The lecher always calls the chaste man a lecher. Silver fountains speak: for those who are made conspicuous or prosper through wealth. Keep away from a greater man: that is, beware, in Ionic style. An Arabian flute-player: who played for a drachma, but stopped for four. The cap of Hades. To touch with the tip of the finger. To weep blood: hyperbolically, for those who weep exceedingly. The Graces are naked, because one must bestow benefits as a gift without vainglory. You are feeding a whetstone: for those who are fed but do not improve. Others labored, others profited: for those who inherit others' property contrary to expectation. The owl utters one sound, the crow another: for those who do not agree with each other. To play the fox against another fox: for those who wish to deceive their equals. Some have a tongue, others have molars: for the talkative and the gluttonous.

An old man's head is a raisin: for those who are of no use. Leukon carries one thing, Leukon's donkey another: for those whose deeds are inconsistent with their words. We were bailing out one stream, and another flows in: for those who labor in vain. They demanded a hoe, but they denied having shovels. Once mercy is shown, gratitude is dead: for the ungrateful. If there is no meat, one must be content with salt fish: that one must be satisfied with what is at hand. We were once something; last year's things are always better. A man who flees does not wait for the sound of the lyre: for those who must do each thing quickly. A Lydian had no business, but he came and bought it himself: for those who bring troubles upon themselves. A bottomless jar. To farm the winds: for those who labor and receive nothing. Not even the gods fight against necessity. Instead of a perch, a scorpion: for those who choose the worse. A fisherman who is struck will be sensible: The one who suffers, even a child, learns. Some sow, others will reap. You seek tracks when the bear is present: for things that are obvious.

A beetle acts as midwife to an eagle: for those who suffer at the hands of worthless creatures; for the beetle destroys the eagle's eggs by rolling them. An old man's jaws are a staff. When a man does well, his friends are nearest. When a man does badly, his friends are far away. A fox drives an ox: for those who are crafty and small, yet overcome great fools. One day is a stepmother, another day a mother: for those who sometimes fare well, at other times ill. Give and take at the same time: when we deal with an untrustworthy person. The treasure has turned into coals: for those who are disappointed in what they hoped for. From slow-legged donkeys a horse has sprung. All things are easy for the wise: for those who through prudence overcome even difficulties. Fight with silver spears and you will conquer all. Every hedgehog is rough. You are flaying a wineskin: for those who do something foolish. You live the life of a flute-player: for those who live off others. You will pay, pig, for the grape-stones: that is, you will repay what you have eaten. The counsel of evil has met with the highest ruin: for those who suffer what they deserve for what they have done.

Mount Athos covers the side of the Lemnian cow. From the oar to the platform: for those who suddenly attempt the greatest things. You do not feed yourself, but you feed dogs: for those who are unable to feed themselves but promise to feed others. Having eaten a medimnos of salt: for the ungrateful. The wagon pulls the ox: for those who do things in reverse. Wagon-sized words: for great speeches. Man is a Euripus, both soul and mind and character: for those who change very easily. The sow, the talent, and the jaw are lost. Uninvited, friends revel among friends: similar also to: "Good men go unbidden to the feast of the good." The doors of the Muses are open. The beginning shows the man. A cargo of salt came from here and went there: for things badly acquired and lost; for a merchant carrying salt in a ship, when a storm arose, lost the salt in the sea. [The conspicuous emerald] is dark in the light, but bright in the dark. It is difficult to speak much among fools when one is wise.

If the lion's skin does not suffice, attach the fox's skin: for those who are unable to harm openly but use cunning. You throw a javelin with a plow: for those who do something without forethought. The trap itself seems likely to catch a trap. Here is Rhodes, here the leap. Boeotian mind: for the uneducated; the Boeotians were always reproached for this. Boeotian law: for those who are quiet at first but later cause disturbance. Touchstone: for those examined in arguments, inasmuch as the Lydian stone tests gold. Boeotian riddles: for the unintelligent; for the Sphinx was Boeotian. An ox on the tongue: for those who are bribed; because the coin of the Athenians has an ox. The knee is nearer than the shin: for those who love themselves more than others. It is bad to straighten an old man who fell when young. Sweet is the fruit when the guard is gone: for those who reap others' goods without toil. An old woman celebrates the Bacchic rites: for those who do something out of season. Old women's chatter. This line has drawn nothing: said of fishermen who have caught nothing. Aphrodite's oath: not subject to penalty. Market of the Cercopes: for the wicked and malicious; for there were certain deceivers called Cercopes in Ephesus. Old age of an eagle, youth of a crested lark. Goods of the Cilicians: for those who are not rightly wealthy; for a certain Cilician traitor who betrayed Miletus became wealthy. Do not despise a rustic orator. Garden of Adonis: for the short-lived and untimely. At other times be otherwise and follow the place: that one ought to conform oneself to the customs of the cities and places in which one may be; it is said from the octopuses.

Beat a different oak: for those who refuse to give what is asked, accustomed to take. You sing as if sailing to Delos: for those who live carelessly and pleasure-loving. Salt and bean: for those who do not know and pretend; for diviners place salt and bean. To lift the armpit: instead of to feast; said of those dancing rustically. Goat the knife. Tearless war, and Trophy of the sleeping: for those who succeed very easily and unexpectedly. Always jackdaw with jackdaw: and Always god leads like to like. Horn of Amaltheia: because Zeus provided to his nurse Amaltheia a horn from the goat that suckled him, through which everything she asked gushed forth for her. You teach an eagle to fly. For the dice of Zeus always fall well: for those honored worthily. Contest does not admit excuse nor friendship. Eagle in clouds: for those hard to catch. Ground life: for the ready and effortless. You stir up Anagyros: for those who bring evils upon themselves; for Anagyros was a hero who harmed his neighbors. May such enemies always pursue me: for those despised and worthless. The eagle sees the grub: for those who despise some. There is no salt in him: for the unpleasant. Fox is not bribed: for those not easily caught. Libya always brings some evil: for those always discovering some new evil. The sources of rivers go upward: for things said contrariwise. The fornicator always calls the chaste fornicator. Fountains of silver speak: for those who become prominent or succeed through wealth. Keep away from a greater man: that is, beware, in Ionic style.

An Arab flute-player: who played for a drachma, but stopped for four. The cap of Hades. To touch with the tip of the finger. To weep blood: hyperbolically, of those who weep excessively. The Graces are naked: because one must do good freely [without vainglory]. You feed a whetstone: of those who are fed but do not produce. Others labored, others benefited: of those who unexpectedly inherit what belongs to others. One owl hoots, another crow caws: of those who do not agree with each other. To play the fox against another fox: of those who wish to deceive their equals. For some a tongue, for others molars: of the talkative and the gluttonous. An old man's head is a raisin: of those who are good for nothing. Leuco carries one thing, Leuco's donkey another: of those whose deeds do not match their words. We were emptying one, and another flows in: of those who labor in vain. They asked for hoes, but they denied having shovels. Pity has been felt, and gratitude has died: of the ungrateful. If meat is not available, one must be content with salt fish: because one must be satisfied with what is at hand. We were once something; last year's things are always better. A man who flees does not wait for the sound of the lyre: of those who must do each thing quickly. A Lydian had no troubles, but he came and bought them: of those who bring evils upon themselves. The leaky jar. To farm the winds: of those who labor and get nothing. Not even the gods fight against necessity. Instead of a perch, a scorpion: of those who choose the worse. A fisherman who is struck will be sensible: The fool learns by experience. Others sow, others will reap. You seek tracks when the bear is present: of things that are obvious.

An eagle a beetle delivers: for those who suffer at the hands of worthless persons; for the beetle destroys the eagle's eggs by rolling them. An old man's jaws are a staff. When a man fares well, his friends are nearest. When a man fares ill, his friends are far off. A fox drives the ox: for the deceitful and small who nevertheless overcome the great and foolish. One day is a stepmother, another day a mother: for those who sometimes prosper, at other times fare badly. Give and take at the same time: when we deal with an untrustworthy person. The treasure has turned to coals: for those who are disappointed in what they hoped for. From slow-legged donkeys a horse has sprung. All things are easy for the wise: for those who through prudence overcome even difficulties. Fight with silver spears and you will conquer all. Every hedgehog is rough. You are flaying a wineskin: for those who do something foolishly. You live the life of a flute-player: for those who live off others. You will pay, pig, the grape-seeds: that is, you will repay what you have eaten. The counsel of evil has met with the highest ruin: for those who suffer what they deserve for what they did. Athos covers the side of the Lemnian cow. From the oar to the platform: for those who suddenly attempt the greatest things. Not feeding yourself, you feed dogs: for those who cannot feed themselves but promise to feed others. Having eaten a bushel of salt: for the ungrateful. The wagon draws the ox: for those who do something in reverse. Wagon-sized words: for great speeches. Man is a Euripus, both soul and mind and character: for those who change very easily. The sow, the talent, and the jaw are lost. Uninvited, friends come to friends to revel: similar also to: Good men go uninvited to the feast of good men.

The doors of the Muses are open. The beginning reveals the man. The cargo of salt came from where it came and went where it went: for things badly acquired and lost; for a merchant carrying salt in a ship, when a storm arose, lost the salt in the sea. [The smaragdus stone of Arignotus] is dark in the light, and bright in the dark. It is difficult for a wise man to speak much among fools. If the lion's skin does not reach, attach the fox's skin: for those who cannot harm openly but use cunning. You are throwing a javelin with a plow: for those who do something without forethought. The snare itself seems likely to catch a snare. Here is Rhodes, here is the leap. Boeotian mind: for the uneducated; the Boeotians were always reproached for this. Boeotian law: for those who are quiet at first but later cause disturbance. Touchstone: for those tested in words, since the Lydian stone tests gold. Boeotian riddles: for the unintelligible; for the Sphinx was Boeotian. An ox on the tongue: for those who are bribed; because the Athenian coin has an ox. The knee is nearer than the shin: for those who love themselves more than others. It is bad to straighten an old man who fell when young. Sweet is the fruit when the guard is gone: for those who enjoy others' goods without toil. An old woman celebrates the Bacchic rites: for those who do something past the proper age. Old women's chatter. You reproach me with my belly, the finest reproach of all; full it is lighter, empty it is heavy.

The burden of the earth: for useless things. Sweet is war to the inexperienced. An old woman raising a great deal of dust stirs up many things: for those who, through experience, set many things in motion. The ring of Gyges: for the resourceful. Naked as a peg. A woman commands an army, and, A woman encamps: for paradoxical things. Do not trust a woman, not even when she is dead. Ionic laughter: for the dissolute; for the Ionians were slandered in this respect. An old fox is not caught. An owl to Athens: for those who display to those who know things which they know better themselves; because there are many owls in Athens. An old ox is not mourned in the house. He will pay the penalty even if a donkey bites a dog: for those who are falsely accused over a small matter. Lawsuit begets lawsuit and harm begets harm: for the litigious and those who string lawsuits together with lawsuits; and for those who encounter frequent misfortunes. It is shameful to stumble against the same stone twice. The Dodonian cauldron: for a chatterer. You must be drawn through a ring: for those who have become thin due to illness or grief.

Gifts persuade gods and reverend kings. Egyptian women are clever at weaving devices. A catch is given even to the base. Second voyage. A basin does not hold a dolphin. Epimenides' sleep: for those who sleep a great deal; for he slept fifty years. You have consulted Trophonius: for the gloomy and pale. You are playing truant in the threshing-floor: that is, you are hiding; for those who cannot escape notice. Let him be treasurer, and for the rest, if you wish, a dog: for those who prosper beyond their worth, and especially eunuchs. A block could be made from any wood: said of those of cheap appearance but necessary for use. To the old mangers: for those who have returned to the state from which they previously fell. You see three in two: for those who see one thing instead of another. To act like a partridge: that is, to turn aside; for those who escape the hunters. You make an elephant out of a fly: for those who magnify small things in speech. I will bathe myself: I will serve myself. You have come to the sick as a sick man: for those who suffer alike. A sleeping man catches a fish-trap: for the fortunate.

Even an ant has bile: that one should not despise even the small. Hermes uninitiated. To drink from a perforated cup: of false friends. You hide yourself in honey: of those who live in luxury. He puts on the lion's skin. He sleeps the sleep of Endymion: of those who sleep a great deal. The trap has caught the mouse: of those who are deservedly caught. I am at a crossroads of thoughts: of those who are at a loss. To fight with dogs in a well. You flay a flayed man: of those who labor in vain; better, of those who mistreat those in misfortune. When he later became rich, he no longer enjoyed lentil soup. Before, in his poverty, he ate everything. In summer you wear out your cloak: of those who do not use necessities in the proper season. Where neither the wind allows one to stay nor to sail out: of those who have fallen into difficult circumstances. An elephant does not heed a mouse. You have your foot out of the mud: of those who are outside dangers. It hangs by a hair: of those in danger. Similar to "On a razor's edge." Noble from a purse: of those honored because of wealth.

Spear upon spear: they say an old woman said this to a tavern-keeper who was pawning a spear. Free goats of the plow: for those who are relieved of a burden. You spit into your bosom: instead of, you do not boast. In the jar, the pottery: for those who do not advance in their studies in a proper manner. To dance in the dark: for those who toil without witnesses. You will become a living creature having received a portion of an onion: for those who reap great glory from a small cause. For we live not as we wish, but as we are able. For seeking a relish, I lost my cloak: for the most unfortunate. Nail drove out nail, peg drove out peg: for sins healed by sins. The dog in the manger: against those who neither use things for themselves nor allow others to do so; inasmuch as the dog, staying in the manger, does not eat the barley and does not allow the horse to. There once were, there once were valiant Milesians. More foolish than Adonis, son of Praxiteles: for a certain Adonis, son of Praxiteles, having died and being asked by those in Hades what most beautiful thing he had left above, answered: Sun, Moon, figs, apples. He seemed foolish, then, equating these with the Sun. Sacrifice of Heracles: for those who use sacrifices in vain.

The anchovy the fire: for things that quickly come to an end; because the anchovy is quickly cooked. Anger grows old last: said of older people; for as they grow old, they have their anger more robust. To the sea water from a torrent: for those who offer small things to great ones. Thasos of goods: for those who promise to show someone prosperous and brilliant. Sacred anchor: the great help. Equality is friendship. Equal does not make war. Iliad of evils. I will imitate Hippolytus: for those who live chastely. He challenges horsemen to the plain: which is to challenge those who excel in the works in which they excel. Of a bad crow, a bad egg. Adorn Sparta which fell to your lot: that one must be content with the lot given and endure. Cadmean victory: a victory harmful to the victors. Swan song: for those near death; for swans sing when dying. The crow and the scorpion: for those who attempt harmful things. Cilician goats: the shaggy ones; whence also garments made of hair are called Cilician.

To Cretize: that is, to lie and deceive; for such are the Cretans. Just as nurses, you feed badly. A dog to its own vomit. Even to profit from the dead. You come after the feast: for those who miss out on a good thing. You have put the colophon on it: that is, the perfect and complete. It is carried with the current. A crab catches a hare: for impossible things. Empty people plan empty things. The mullet fasts: for gluttons; for the animal is insatiable. The ram has paid back its keep: for the ungrateful; for rams strike both the mangers and those who raised them. Bad are the woodworms, bad are the hornworms: for both are destructive; and the former eat wood, the latter horns. Lemnian evils: from the women in Lemnos, who killed their husbands. A hare about meat: for those who are in danger and struggle for it, since that animal also runs for its own meat. A gaping wolf; and, the wolf dances around a well: for those who labor in vain. You seek a wolf's feather: for impossible things.

You spin linen with linen: for those who do or say the same things [by means of the same things], or for those that are reciprocal. A wolf flees an eagle: for those from whom there is no escape. A Lydian chariot: for the very swift. And, You run like a Lydian. White chalk-line on a white stone. You reproach me with my belly, the finest reproach of all: full it is lighter, empty it is heavy. A burden of earth: for the useless. Sweet is war to the inexperienced. An old woman shaking up a lot of dust raises a great cloud: for those who through experience stir up many things. The ring of Gyges: for the resourceful. Naked as a peg. A woman commands, and, A woman encamps: for paradoxical things. Do not trust a woman, not even when she is dead. Ionian laughter: for the dissolute; for the Ionians were slandered in this respect. An old fox is not caught. An owl to Athens: for those who display to those who know things which they know better themselves; because there are many owls in Athens. An old ox is unheeded in the house. He will pay the penalty even if a donkey bites a dog: for those who are falsely accused over a small matter. Lawsuit begets lawsuit and harm begets harm: for the litigious and those who string together lawsuits with lawsuits; and for those who encounter frequent misfortunes. It is shameful to stumble against the same stone twice. A Dodonian cauldron: for a chatterer. You must be drawn through a ring: for those who have become thin through disease or grief. Gifts persuade even gods and reverend kings. Egyptian women are clever at weaving devices. A catch is given even to the wicked. A second voyage. A basin does not hold a dolphin. The sleep of Epimenides: for those who sleep a long time; for he slept fifty years. You have consulted Trophonius: for the gloomy and pallid.

You are hiding in a threshing-floor: that is, you are hiding; for those who cannot escape notice. Let him be treasurer, and for the rest, if you wish, a dog: for those who prosper beyond their worth, and especially eunuchs. From every wood a pillory could be made: said of those who are cheap in appearance but necessary for use. To old mangers: for those who have returned to the state from which they previously fell. You see three in two: for those who see one thing instead of another. To act like a partridge: that is, to turn aside; for those who escape from hunters. You make an elephant from a fly: for those who magnify small things in speech. I will bathe myself: I will serve myself. You have come to the sick as one sick: for those who suffer alike. A fish-trap catches even a sleeping man: for those who are lucky. Even an ant has bile: that one should not despise even the small. Hermes uninitiated. To drink from a perforated cup: for false friends. You hide yourself in honey: for those who live in luxury. He puts on the lion’s skin. He sleeps the sleep of Endymion: for those who sleep a lot. The trap has caught the mouse: for those who are deservedly caught. I am at a crossroads of thoughts: for those who are at a loss. To fight with dogs in a well. You flay a flayed man: for those who labor in vain; but better for those who harm those in misfortune. Then, when rich, he no longer enjoys lentil soup; but before, because of poverty, he ate everything. In summer you wear out your cloak: for those who do not use necessities in season. Where neither the wind allows one to stay nor to sail out: for those who have fallen into difficulties. An elephant does not care for a mouse. You have your foot out of the mud: for those who are outside dangers. It hangs by a hair: for those who are in danger.

Similar to "on a razor's edge." "Noble from a purse": for those honored because of wealth. "A sword for a sword": they say an old woman said this to a tavern-keeper who was pawning a sword. "Free goats of the plow": for those relieved of a burden. "You spit into your own bosom": that is, you do not boast. "In a jar, the pottery": for those who do not progress in their studies in a proper manner. "To dance in the dark": for those who toil without witnesses. "You will become a living thing having taken a portion of an onion": for those who reap great fame from a small cause. "For we live not as we wish, but as we are able." "Seeking a relish, I lost my cloak": for the most unfortunate. "A nail drove out a nail, a peg drove out a peg": for ills healed by means of other ills. "The dog in the manger": for those who neither use things themselves nor allow others to use them; because the dog does not eat barley while staying in the manger, and does not allow the horse to. "Once upon a time the Milesians were brave." "More foolish than Adonis, son of Praxiteles": for a certain Adonis, son of Praxiteles, having died and being asked by those in Hades what most beautiful thing he had left above, answered: "Sun, Moon, figs, apples." He seemed foolish, then, for equating these with the Sun. "A sacrifice of Heracles": for those who use sacrifices in vain. "The anchovy sets the fire": for those who quickly reach an end; because the anchovy is quickly cooked. "Anger grows old last": it is said of the elderly; for as they grow old, they have their anger more robust. "Water from a gully into the sea": for those who add small things to great ones out of ambition. "Thasos of good things": for those who promise to show someone as prosperous and brilliant. "A sacred anchor": the great help. "Equality is friendship.

Equal does not make war. An Iliad of evils. I will imitate Hippolytus: for those living prudently. He challenges horsemen to the plain: that is, those who excel in the works in which they excel. Bad egg of a bad raven. Adorn the Sparta you were allotted: that one must be content with one's given lot and endure. Cadmean victory: a victory harmful to the victors. Swan song: for those near death; for swans sing when dying. The crow and the scorpion: for those attempting harmful things. Cilician goats: shaggy ones; whence garments made of hair are called cilician. To act like a Cretan: meaning to lie and deceive; for such are the Cretans. Just as nurses, you feed badly. A dog returning to its own vomit. Even to profit from a corpse. You come after the feast: for those missing a good thing. You have added the colophon: that is, the perfect and complete. It is carried with the current. A crab catches a hare: for impossible things. Empty men plan empty things. The mullet fasts: for gluttons; the animal is insatiable. The ram has repaid its keep: for the ungrateful; for rams both strike the mangers and those who fed them. Bad are woodworms, bad are bookworms: for both are destructive; the former eat wood, the latter eat horn. Lemnian evils: from the women of Lemnos, who killed their husbands. A hare about meat: for those who are in danger and struggle for it, since that animal also runs for its own meat. A gaping wolf; and, the wolf dances around the well: for those laboring in vain. You seek a wolf's feather: for impossible things.

You spin flax with flax: for those who do or say the same things [through the same means], or for those that are reciprocal. A wolf flees an eagle: for the inescapable. Lydian chariot: for the very swift. And, you run like a Lydian. White line with a white stone. One thicket does not nourish two finches. Median table. Marrow of honey: for the exceedingly sweet. Neither honey nor bees: for those who decline to experience some good because of the danger in it. Let not a gazelle join battle with a lion. Spoils of the Mysians: for the neighbors plundered the Mysians. Do not stir up Camarina: a marsh which the oracle forbade to drain; those who used it, disobeying, were harmed. He will find fault rather than imitate: for the uneducated. Do not give a sword to a child. Do not entrust matters to the inexperienced. One swallow does not make spring, nor one bee honey. He told a story to a corpse's ear: for one who does not perceive; and for the insensible. You card clouds: for the impossible. A ship beseeches a rock: for the utterly insensible.

A razor to a whetstone. A crooked stick never straight: for the incorrigible. One must not plan at the altar: because one must deliberate before actions and not during them; just as those who offer sacrifices do not deliberate about them after sacrificing. The fox will not again: the word "be caught" is missing; for once it escapes the traps, it is not caught a second time. A donkey carries mysteries: for those who have been entrusted with something unworthily. A donkey's jaws: for a glutton. Where deer shed their antlers: inaccessible places. For those who make their haunts difficult to find. Some are no longer, others are bad. Milesian matters at home; not here: for those who display their character or practices where it is not appropriate, or for disreputable pursuits. For a Milesian, speaking in public among the Lacedaemonians and praising the luxury at home, heard this. Wine, O boys, is truth. A donkey to the chaff. It neither rains nor shines: for the insensible. You would not be praised even at a funeral feast: for the most worthless and those worthy of nothing; for they are accustomed at the feasts for the dead to praise them, even if they happened to be the most worthless.

The witness from home: for those who bring witnesses against themselves. A donkey among bees: for those who fall into troubles. A donkey listening to a lyre: for the uncomprehending. Someone told a fable to a donkey, but it shook its ears. They brought forth little fruit from much chaff. You converse with a deaf man. He weeps at his stepmother's tomb: for those who pretend. An oak is tamed by many blows: for those hard to capture. Before catching the fish, you stir the brine: for those who anticipate the right moments. A male dog has many beds: for those inclined toward the works of Aphrodite. Often a foolish man has spoken to the point. Much between cup and lip's edge. You wash a brick: for impossible things. A beggar's wallet is never filled: for the insatiable. The variegation of a hydra: for the deceitful. Many will hate you if you love yourself. Fire came upon the brand. The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog one great thing. Many are the thyrsus-bearers, but few the Bacchants. To kick against the goads. Wickedness needs only a pretext.

Before the victory you sing a eulogy. Poets tell many lies. A river contends with the sea: for impossible things. I have heard the rustling of many fig leaves. Sleep comes upon a hungry fox. Poverty obtained wisdom. I will move every stone. Every rope. Does against a lion join battle. Rhodians at the sacrifice: for those who blaspheme in sacred places. More talkative than a surf-beaten shore: for chatterers; for it produces a noise when struck by the waves. The judgment of Rhadamanthys: the most just. Having passed by a rose, do not seek it again. What is done even a child knows. More cowardly than the people of Rhegium. With Athena, also move your hand. A francolin came together with the new moon. Time is the counselor of affairs. Pardon for a first-timer: for those who err in first attempts. Sardonic laughter: feigned and not from a rejoicing heart. A Sicilian table, and, Sybaritic. Wisdom of a fool: for those who speak senselessly. One might take an omen from seeing you: and also, Youth hated and took omens from him. Such a thing Themistocles never conceived: for he bore away a reputation for wisdom.

More tangled than Typhon. The talents of Tantalus: for the extremely wealthy. You have put the colophon on it: for great matters; and for a definitive judgment. What is in the heart of the sober man is on the tongue of the drunk. Fleeing the smoke, he fell into the fire. The dog's evil the pig paid for: for those who sin, while others pay the penalty. To scratch back at the one scratching: from the metaphor of donkeys; for they scratch each other. For those who benefit or harm each other in turn. More silent than the son of Croesus. Why did you not hang yourself, so that you might become a hero in Thebes? For those who killed themselves in Thebes were honored. The little wall of Hipparchus: Hipparchus, son of Peisistratus, built a wall near the Pythian sanctuary, forcing the Athenians into great expense. You seem to me to have your brain shaken. The thought is from the god, but the theft is mine: for thus the demagogues said wittily; the god suggested it, but I carried it out. He needs celery: for those who are severely ill. For they are accustomed to crown tombs with celery.

A tragic ape: for those who pride themselves beyond their worth. Hubris begets hubris, and blame begets blame. Over a donkey's shadow: for those who labor over nothing. Under every stone a scorpion sleeps: for the malicious. To leap beyond the dug-up ground: similar to, You stretch your foot beyond the step. You cast the die for the whole: as in, you contend and risk for everything. It gives birth to wind-eggs: false and unstable things. You cut the Hydra: for impossible things. A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in mud. A sow under a club: for those who throw themselves into destruction. A Phrygian man, when struck, is better and more serviceable: for Phrygian slaves are thought sluggish. Another Phrynondas: for wicked men. It is also said of magicians. It is hard to let a dog taste a hide. Wealth makes the man; a poor man is never noble. Without the boundaries of the Phrygians and Mysians. Visible on the skin: they say that Pherecydes the wise died of lice, and when Pythagoras inquired about this, he replied, pointing his finger, "Visible on the skin." One thicket does not nourish two warblers. A Median table. The marrow of honey: for something exceedingly sweet. Neither honey nor bees: for those who decline a good thing because of the danger in it. Let not a doe engage in battle with a lion. The booty of the Mysians: for the neighbors plundered the Mysians. Do not stir Camarina: a lake which the oracle forbade to be drained; those who disobeyed and drained it were harmed. He will rather find fault than imitate: for the uneducated. Do not give a knife to a child. Do not entrust matters to the inexperienced. One swallow does not make spring, nor one bee honey. He told a story into the ear of a corpse: for one who does not heed; and for the insensible.

You card clouds: for those attempting the impossible. A ship beseeches a rock: for the utterly insensible. A razor on a whetstone. A crooked piece of wood is never straight: for the incorrigible. One must not plan beside the altar: because one must deliberate before actions, not during them—just as those who offer sacred rites do not deliberate about them after sacrificing. The fox will not be caught again: the verb "will be caught" is implied; for once it escapes the traps, it is not caught a second time. A donkey carries mysteries: for those entrusted with something unworthily. A donkey's jaws: for a glutton. Where deer shed their antlers: inaccessible places. For those who make their haunts hard to find. For some are no more, and those who are, are bad. The Milesian things at home, not here: for those who display their character or practices where it is not appropriate, being disreputable. For a Milesian, speaking publicly among the Lacedaemonians and praising the luxury at home, heard this. Wine, O children, is truth. A donkey to the chaff. It neither rains nor shines: for the insensible. You would not be praised even at a funeral feast: for the most worthless and good-for-nothing; for it is customary at the feasts for the dead to praise them, even if they were utterly worthless. The witness from home: for those who bring witnesses against themselves. A donkey among bees: for those who fall into troubles. A donkey listening to a lyre: for the stupid. Someone told a fable to a donkey, and it shook its ears. Much chaff produced little grain. You speak to a deaf man. He weeps at a stepmother's tomb: for those who pretend. An oak is tamed by many blows: for those hard to subdue.

Before you catch the fish, you stir the brine: for those who anticipate the right moments. Many are the lairs of the male dog: for those inclined to the works of Aphrodite. Often a foolish man has spoken to the point. Many things between the cup and the lip. You wash a brick: for impossible things. A beggar’s wallet is never filled: for the insatiable. The variegation of the hydra: for the deceitful. Many will hate you if you love yourself. Fire upon a firebrand. The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog one great thing. Many are the thyrsus-bearers, but few the Bacchants. To kick against the goads. Wickedness needs only a pretext. Before the victory you sing the encomium. Poets tell many lies. A river contends with the sea: for impossible things. I have heard the rustling of many fig leaves. Sleep comes upon a hungry fox. Poverty has obtained wisdom. I will move every stone. Every rope. Deer join battle with a lion. The Rhodians at the sacrifice: for those who blaspheme in sacred places. More talkative than a surf-beaten shore: for the garrulous, for it produces a noise when struck by the waves. The judgment of Rhadamanthys: the most just. Having passed by a rose, seek it no more. What is done even a child knows. More cowardly than the Rhegians. With Athena, move your hand as well. The francolin has come with the new moon. Time is the counselor of affairs. Pardon for a first-timer: for those who err in first attempts. Sardonic laughter: feigned and not from a rejoicing heart. Sicilian table, and Sybaritic table. The wisdom of a fool: for those who speak senselessly. One would take an omen from seeing you: and also, Youth hated him and took omens from him. Themistocles never thought of such a thing: for he bore away a reputation for wisdom.

More tangled than Typhon. The talents of Tantalus: for those who are exceedingly wealthy. You have put the finishing touch on Colophon: for great matters; and for a definitive judgment. What is in the heart of the sober man is on the tongue of the drunkard. Fleeing the smoke, he fell into the fire. The dog's evil the pig paid for: for those where some have sinned, but others have paid the penalty. To scratch back at the one scratching you: from a metaphor of donkeys; for they scratch each other. For those who benefit or harm each other in turn. More silent than the son of Croesus. Why did you not hang yourself, so that you might become a hero in Thebes? For those who killed themselves were honored in Thebes. The little wall of Hipparchus: Hipparchus, the son of Peisistratus, built a wall near the Pythian temple, compelling the Athenians to great expense. You seem to me to have shaken your brains out. The thought is from the god, but the theft is mine: for thus the demagogues used to say wittily; the god suggested it, but I carried it out. He needs celery: for those who are severely ill. For they are accustomed to crown tombs with celery. A tragic ape: for those who are pretentious beyond their worth. Insult begets insult, and blame begets blame. Over a donkey's shadow: for those who labor over nothing. A scorpion sleeps under every stone: for malicious people. To leap beyond the dug-up ground: similar to, "You stretch your foot beyond the step." You are casting the die for everything: that is, you are contending and risking everything. It gives birth to wind-eggs: false and unstable things. You are cutting the Hydra: for impossible things. A pig, having washed, rolls in the mud. A pig under a club: for those who throw themselves into destruction. A Phrygian man, when struck, is better and more serviceable: for Phrygian slaves are considered sluggish.

Another Phrynon: for wicked men. It is also said of magicians. It is hard to let a puppy taste the cheese. Money makes the man; a poor man is never noble. The boundaries of the Phrygians and Mysians are separate. Manifest on the skin: they say that Pherecydes the wise died of lice, and when Pythagoras inquired about this, he replied, pointing his finger, "Manifest on the skin." To have bleary eyes at pots and gourds: for those who are dim-sighted. Trampling us with gold, you do not know: for those who revile at random; for he adds, "But now this is an ornament to me." I wish to entertain as a hero on a shield: said of those who benefit their friends by their own deeds. With ears standing. The mountain was in labor, then gave birth to a mouse: a shot aside, that is, off the mark. To have bleary eyes at pots and gourds: for those who are dim-sighted. Trampling us with gold, you do not know: for those who revile at random; for he adds, "But now this is an ornament to me." I wish to entertain as a hero on a shield: said of those who benefit their friends by their own deeds. With ears standing. The mountain was in labor, then gave birth to a mouse: a shot aside, that is, off the mark.