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Headword:
*ou)de\n
leukw=n
a)ndrw=n
o)/felos
h)\
skutotomei=n
Adler number: omicron,801
Translated headword: pale men are no use [other] than for shoemaking
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [A proverb] in reference to those who bring no profit. Inasmuch as the dark [are] more profitable than the pale.
Greek Original:*ou)de\n leukw=n a)ndrw=n o)/felos h)\ skutotomei=n: e)pi\ tw=n ei)s mhde\n lusitelou/ntwn. par' o(/son oi( me/lanes tw=n leukw=n lusitele/steroi.
Notes:
Quoted by Erasmus,
Adages (under 'Nulla candidorum virorum utilitas'); and cf.
Appendix Proverbiorum 4.35.
For the underlying sentiment, note in general
Plato,
Republic 556D (the sunburnt man's disdain for the pale man); and with specific regard to shoemakers, who work in the shade, see
sigma 727.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 October 2003@09:16:37.
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