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)
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P. and V. χαίτη, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.), V. αὐχένων φόβη, ἡ (Eur., Alc. 429), or φόβη, ἡ alone. His mane close cropped in dishonour: V. κουραῖς ἀτίμως διατετιλμένης φόβης (Soph., Frag.).
