κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινον
advantage is better than dishonour
"If he does not gain his advantage fairly, but works the unholy, or possesses the untouchable. Where such things occur, what man out of the foolish ones will think any more that he can ward off the arrows from his…
Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινον. εἰ μὴ τὸ κέρδος κερδανεῖ δικαίως καὶ τῶν ἀσέπτων ἔρξεται καὶ τῶν ἀθίκτων ἕξεται· ματαίων δὲ τίς ἔτι ποτ' ἐν τοῖσδ' ἀνὴρ θυμῷ βέλη ἔρξεται ψυχᾶς ἀμύνειν;…