τὸ αἴτιον καὶ τὸ ἀρχηγὸν τῶν ὄντων

From LSJ

Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art

Menander, Monostichoi, 336

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

the cause and originating principle of existing things