You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age. — Homer

You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.

In the original Greek

οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ νηπιάας ὀχέειν, ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι τηλίκος ἐσσι.

The Odyssey · 700 BC
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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk.1, l. 296-297.
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Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 1, l. 296-297.

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