On Monday, January 26, 2015 02:13:27 ravas wrote:
> "A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or
> the other, and we then know how to meet him."
> -Aesop
>
> Some thoughts for a more neutral / modern phrasing:
> Let a person be as they choose, and then we know how to meet them.
> Accept a person as they are, and then we know how to meet them.
I'd have to see the Greek, but I guess the meaning is "Let a man be a certain
friend or a certain enemy".
lo selsenpi pendo cu xlamau lo selbirti bradi .i .au lo remna cu selbirti
pendo ja bradi .iseki'ubo ma'a djuno lo du'u penmi ri ta'i makau
mu'omi'e .piier.
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The gostak pelled at the fostin lutt for darfs for her martle plave.
The darfs had smibbed, the lutt was thale, and the pilter had nothing snave.
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