Rhet gre 1410a9-10“εὐθὺς μὲν τῶν ἀριστείων ἠξιώθησαν, οὐ (10) πολὺ δὲ ὕστερον τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς θαλάττης ἔλαβον”.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engAgain, ‘it often happens in such enterprises that the wise men fail and the fools succeed’;
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