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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 29 = Perry 318

Γέρων ποθ' ἵππος εἰς ἀλητὸν ἐπράθη,
ζευχθεὶς δ' ὑπὸ μύλην πᾶσαν ἑσπέρην ἤλει.
καὶ δὴ στενάξας εἶπεν "ἐκ δρόμων οἵων
καμπτῆρας οἵους ἀλφιτεῦσι γυρεύω."
Μὴ λίαν ἐπαίρου πρὸς τὸ τῆς ἀκμῆς γαῦρον.
πολλοῖς τὸ γῆρας ἐν κόποις ἀνηλώθη. 
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