κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
cognitū, abl. de l’inus. cognitus, m., par l’étude de : Apul. M. 9, 13.