We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we… — Hesiod
We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
In the original Greek
ἴδμεν ψεύδεα πολλὰ λέγειν ἐτύμοισιν ὁμοῖα, ἴδμεν δ᾽, εὖτ᾽ ἐθέλωμεν, ἀληθέα γηρύσασθαι.
Theogony · 700 BC
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Hesiod. "Theogony." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 27-28.
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Hesiod. Θεογονία [Theogony]. c. 700 BC, l. 27-28.