α608Ἀεὶ γεωργὸς ἐς νέωτα πλούσιος
a farmer is always rich tomorrow
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those always nurturing a hope of escaping terrors, but falling into the same ones again.
Ἀεὶ γεωργὸς ἐς νέωτα πλούσιος· ἐπὶ τῶν ἐλπίδι μὲν ἀεὶ τρεφομένων ἀπαλλάττεσθαι τῶν δεινῶν, τοῖς αὐτοῖς δὲ πάλιν περιπιπτόντων.
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