Zenobius 6.24

The water rushes by

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English

Proverb

The water rushes by

Explanation

set down for those who undertake to accomplish the matter at hand by every means. Transferred from those who in haste step into leaking ships and risk the danger. Cratinus mentions it in his Female Runaways.

Greek

Proverb

Ὕδωρ παραῤῥέει

Explanation

αὕτη τάττεται ἐπὶ τῶν ἐκ παντὸς ἔργου ἐπαγγελλομένων καταπράξασθαι τὸ προκείμενον. Μετενήνεκται δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπὸ σπουδῆς εἰς ῥέοντα πλοῖα εἰςβαινόντων καὶ παραβαλλομένων τῷ κινδύνῳ. Μέμνηται αὐτῆς Κρατῖνος ἐν Δραπέτισιν.

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