aphorismus

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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)

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăphŏrismus, ī, m. (ἀφορισμός), aphorisme : C. Aur. Acut. 3, 1, 5.

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