μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
race: P. and V. ἔθνος, τό, γένος, τό, φῦλον, τό; see people.