οὕνεχ' ὅρκων οἷσιν ἦν ἐπώμοτος

From LSJ

Ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν → Patientiam suadere facile, non pati → Es spricht sich leichter zu, als stark zu sein im Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 471

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

by reason of the oaths whereby he was bound