Zenobius 4.16
We live not as we wish, but as we can
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English
Proverb
We live not as we wish, but as we can
Explanation
of those who do not live by their own choice. Plato uses it in the Hippias.
Greek
Proverb
Ζῶμεν γὰρ οὐχ ὡς θέλομεν, ἀλλ’ ὡς δυνάμεθα
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν μὴ κατὰ προαίρεσιν ζώντων. Κέχρηται αὐτῇ Πλάτων ἐν Ἱππίᾳ.
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