ἐν δὲ τῷ ὀλίγα λέγειν μεγάλη ἡ σωτηρία,
but in speaking little there is great safety.
μεγάλη βιβλιοθήκη χρησίμη ἐστὶν εἰς τὸ πολλὰ εἰδέναι,
a good library is useful to get great knowledge.
πῶς γὰρ οὔ; ὅμως οὐκ ἀεὶ εἰς τὸ σοφῶς βιῶναι,
certainly, but not always for wise living.
πολλὰς βίβλους δυνατὸν τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς ἐγκεφάλους κυκᾶν,
it is possible that many books may confound weak brains.
τὸ λεγόμενον, πολλοὶ ὄντες οἱ μάγειροι διαφθείρουσι τὸν ζωμόν,
as they say, many cooks spoil the broth.
καὶ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον παμπλήθη ἔπιπλα ὑπὲρ τὸ πρέπον καὶ τὸ ἡδὺ ἐκπληροῖ τὸ οἴκημα καὶ ταράττει τοὺς εἰσβαίνοντας,
and in the same way, a great quantity of furniture, beyond what is proper and comfortable, fills up the room, and inconveniences those who enter.
σοφῶς. ἀεὶ κακὸν τὸ ὑπερβαίνειν, wise. All excess is bad.
τὴν σοφίαν λέγεις τοῦ Ἀριστοτέλους· ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἀεὶ ἡ σωτηρία,
the wisdom of Aristotle: safety lies in the mean.
English Affinities
Peripatetics. Hygiene. Cleptomania. Hypnotism. System. Psychology. Apostle. Polyanthus. Trope. Hyperbole. Plethora.