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Headword: Ξύλον ἀγκύλον οὐδέποτ' ὀρθόν
Adler number: xi,96
Translated headword: crooked wood never [grows] straight
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[So said] because [it is] difficult to manufacture good men out of bad.
Greek Original:
Ξύλον ἀγκύλον οὐδέποτ' ὀρθόν: ὅτι δυσχερὲς ἐκ φαύλων ἀγαθοὺς ἀπεργάσασθαι.
Note:
cf. Diogenianus 6.92 and other paroemiographers.
Keywords: botany; daily life; ethics; proverbs; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 18 February 2000@12:39:31.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (internal rearrangement; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 4 July 2001@09:19:19.
David Whitehead (note; more keywords; tweaks; raised status) on 16 September 2007@10:22:08.
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