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Read & copy the quotation
“Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear.”
- Date
- Townsend translation
- English wording
- George Fyler Townsend — Translator · from Ancient Greek / Aesopic tradition
Meaning of “Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to…”
Harm is especially painful when our own choices, tools, or contributions helped create the conditions that made the loss possible.
Where does it come from?
Moral printed after “The Oak and the Woodcutters”; the oak laments wedges made from its own branches.
