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Headword:
*)apone/mou
th=s
a(ma/chs,
tw=n
de\
o)/nwn
ou)de\n
me/lei
Adler number: alpha,3450
Translated headword: help yourself to the wagon but don't worry about the donkeys
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proverb concerning those who take care of their own things but neglect those of others; for instance, those who have a wagon of their own, but rent donkeys, and neglect them.
Greek Original:*)apone/mou th=s a(ma/chs, tw=n de\ o)/nwn ou)de\n me/lei: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n ta\ oi)kei=a thmelou/ntwn, tw=n de\ a)llotri/wn a)melou/ntwn: paro/son oi( i)di/an e)/xontes a(/macan, o)/nous de\ misqou/menoi, a)melou=sin au)tw=n.
Note:
Not in the paroemiographers in this full form, but cf.
tau 863, where the second part reappears (in a personalised form); thus in
Apostolius 17.43.
Translated by: William Hutton on 16 November 2000@00:06:04.
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