Zenobius 3.97
Counsel comes by night
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English
Proverb
Counsel comes by night
Explanation
the proverb is so used because night brings quiet and gives, in leisure, sound reasoning to those deliberating about pressing matters.
Greek
Proverb
Ἐν νυκτὶ βουλή
Explanation
ἡ παροιμία οὕτως εἴρηται, ἐπειδὴ ἡσυχίαν ἔχει ἡ νὺξ καὶ δίδωσι κατὰ σχολὴν λογισμοὺς τοῖς περὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίων βουλευομένοις.
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0098.tlg001.1st1K-grc1:3.97