Ἀπονέμου τῆς ἁμάξης τῶν δὲ ὄνων οὐδὲν μέλει
help yourself to the wagon but don't worry about the donkeys
Translated by William Hutton16 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
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 · Adler’s text
Ἀπονέμου τῆς ἁμάξης, τῶν δὲ ὄνων οὐδὲν μέλει· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν τὰ οἰκεῖα τημελούντων, τῶν δὲ ἀλλοτρίων ἀμελούντων· παρόσον οἱ ἰδίαν ἔχοντες ἅμαξαν, ὄνους δὲ μισθούμενοι, ἀμελοῦσιν αὐτῶν.
Betacode
*)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.
Notes
- 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.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Aug 2015
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweaked note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- notes — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton