μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Literally, one swallow does not make a spring. A remark found in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (1098a18: “one swallow does not a summer make, nor one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy”), itself inspired by the fable The Young Man and the Swallow by Aesop.

Pronunciation

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Proverb

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μίᾰ χελῑδὼν ἔᾰρ οὐ ποιεῖ (mía khelīdṑn éar ou poieî)

  1. one swallow does not a summer make

Descendants

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