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“Ῥόδον παρελθὼν μηκέτι ζήτει πάλιν”· ἐπὶ τῶν μεταμελουμένων περί τι καὶ μὴ δυναμένων τι ἀνύσαι.
(Diogenianus, Paroimiai 8.2)

“Never ask for a past rose”: for those who regret something that they can’t change. (tr. David Bauwens)

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