καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν 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)
P. and V. ἀθυμία, ἡ, δυσθυμία, ἡ (Plato).
dissuasion: P. ἀποτροπή, ἡ.
