If you, you old codger, wise as the ages, talk him round, incite the boy to riot, he'll be the first to suffer, let me tell you.

"Here’s my prophecy, bound to come to pass.
If you, you old codger, wise as the ages,
talk him round, incite the boy to riot,
he’ll be the first to suffer, let me tell you."

– Homer

The Odyssey, Book 2, lines 210-213. Suitor Eurymachus warns Halitherses not to incite Telemachus, after the prophet predicts the return of a vengeful Odysseus. Eurymachus comes up with a prophecy of his own, that the young prince will be the first to be hurt. Using a simile, he mockingly refers to the old prophet as being as "wise as the ages."

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