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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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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τράφεν: Αἰολ. καὶ Ἐπικ. γ΄ πληθ. ἀορ. β΄ παθ. τοῦ τρέφω, μερόπων ἀνθρώπων..., οἳ πρόσθεν ἅμα τράφεν ἠδ’ ἐγένοντο Ἰλ. Α. 251. ΙΙ. Δωρ. ἀπαρ. τοῦ τρέφω, Κρονίδᾳ δὲ τράφεν Χείρωνι δῶκαν Πινδ. Π. 4. 205.