καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
πρῶτον, πρῶτος, v.s. πρότερος
neuter of πρῶτος as adverb (with or without ὁ); firstly (in time, place, order, or importance): before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
