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A quotation from Euripides:
«
Alas, how right the ancient saying is:
We, who are old, are nothing else but noise
And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go,
And have no wits, although we think us wise.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/euripides/68620/
WIST · Æolus [Αἴολος], frag. 25 (TGF) [tr. Bowra (1938)] - Euripides | WIST QuotationsAlas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise. [φεῦ φεῦ, παλαιὸς αἶνος ὡς καλῶς ἔχει· γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ψόφος καὶ σχῆμ’, ὀνείρων…