α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδη
but now anything might happen
["But now anything might happen.] I applaud the old proverb. For one must look under every stone, lest a politician bite." The proverb [is as follows]: "under every stone a scorpion sleeps: watch out!"
Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδη· τὴν παροιμίαν δ' ἐπαινῶ τὴν παλαιάν. ὑπὸ λίθῳ γὰρ παντί που χρὴ μὴ δάκῃ ῥήτωρ ἀθρεῖν. ἡ δὲ παροιμία· ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίος εὕδει· φυλάσσεο.