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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 > English (Lewis & Short)

cĭnyra: ae, f., = ; Gr. κινύρα>,
I the lyre, an instrument of ten strings, Vulg. 1 Macc. 4, 54; 13, 51.