Greek proverb
Greek proverb
character revealed speech
A person's character is revealed by their speech
possible river step twice
It is not possible to step twice into the same river
best family low noble worst
It is better to be the best of a low family than the worst of a noble one
gained master pupil wealth
Many a pupil has gained more wealth than his master
came cow heard king laid learned mouth passing time
Passing from mouth to mouth it was learned by a thousand, and by the time it came to be heard by the king he learned of how a cow laid an egg!
cough loss
When at a loss how to go on, in speaking, cough
eagle fly teach
No need to teach an eagle to fly
heavy honey sweet
A person can be as sweet as honey or as heavy as steel.
exceeding gods grind mills small
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small
deceive diplomat experience speak
To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, He has no experience with it
cannot hungry reason
You cannot reason with a hungry belly; it has no ears.
sufficient tomb whom
A tomb now suffices him (Alexander) for whom the whole world was not sufficient
beneath famous stone woman zone
Beneath this stone I lie, the famous woman who loosed her zone to one man only
differs eye
The rabbits' eye differs from that of the owl.