Εἰ μὴ δύναιο βοῦν ἔλαυνε ὄνον
if you can't [drive] an ox drive a donkey
Translated by David Whitehead26 Jun 2005Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
A proverb in reference to those advising [people] to act in accordance with the resources they have.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰ μὴ δύναιο βοῦν, ἔλαυνε ὄνον· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ὃ κατὰ δύναμιν ἔχουσι πράττειν παραινούντων.
Betacode
*ei) mh\ du/naio bou=n, e)/laune o)/non: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n o(\ kata\ du/namin e)/xousi pra/ttein parainou/ntwn.