be destroyed beforehand

From LSJ

Καλῶς ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτεῖν θέλε → Opulentiae antepone rumorem bonum → Erstrebe anstatt Reichtum lieber guten Ruf

Menander, Monostichoi, 285

English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

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