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Headword:
Archên
iasthai
polu
lôïon
êe
teleutên
Adler number: alpha,4098
Translated headword: far better to heal a beginning than an end
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The proverb shows that it is preferable to prevent suffering and anything else terrible as it is beginning rather than when it has fully developed and reached its conclusion.
Greek Original:Archên iasthai polu lôïon êe teleutên: dêloi de hê paroimia, hôs archomenou tinos kai pathous kai allou tinos deinou mallon esti kôluein ê enakmasantos kai teleiôthentos.
Notes:
Lightly adapted from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v.; and cf.
Apostolius 3.90.
Tosi [see under
alpha 378] no.61.
Cf. "a stitch in time saves nine."
Keywords: daily life; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 10 October 2000@09:55:50.
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