envy is wont to light on things exalted

From LSJ

Ὅπου βία πάρεστιν, οὐ σθένει νόμος → Quo vis irrumpit, ibi nihil leges valent → Da, wo Gewalt obherrscht, ist kein Gesetz in Kraft

Menander, Monostichoi, 409

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

εἰς τἀπίσημα δ' ὁ φθόνος πηδᾶν φίλεῖ

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