ε555Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλου
out of every timber
[sc. This version of the proverb] leaves out "something light might come". It is also said of things easily despised when seen, but necessary. But others [say that it relates] to things which have the reputation of…
Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλου· ἐλλείπει τὸ κοῦφον γένοιτ' ἄν. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὁραθῆναι μὲν εὐκαταφρονήτων, ἀναγκαίων δέ. οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν δόξαν παρασχόντων ὡς ἀγαθῶν, εὑρεθέντων δὲ ἑτεροίων.