Timeline for Does the phrase "it is not good for a man to get everything he wants" have ancient Greek origin?
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| Oct 21 at 2:54 | vote | accept | Robert Dodier | ||
| Oct 20 at 23:26 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Is that not a Question more suited to language pages, than to SE Philosophy? | |
| Oct 18 at 6:50 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 18 at 4:01 | history | edited | Conifold | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 18 at 3:56 | answer | added | Conifold | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 18 at 0:12 | comment | added | Robert Dodier | @Conifold Thanks for the pointer. That's similar to the phrase I have in mind, although I think I'm looking for something more impersonal and more judgemental, morally speaking. No doubt there are many variations on the theme. | |
| Oct 17 at 23:39 | comment | added | Conifold | See Random Bits post. "Beware what you wish for" apparently appears in Goethe and "be careful what you wish for, lest it come true" in Tale of the Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs (1902). Some sites attribute it to Aesop's fables, but without any citation. | |
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| S Oct 17 at 22:50 | history | asked | Robert Dodier | CC BY-SA 4.0 |