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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν 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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Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ĕpĭtŏma, æ, f., c. epitome : Cic. Att. 12, 5, 3.