Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
harshness: P. and V. πικρότης, ἡ; see harshness.
obstinacy: P. αὐθάδεια, ἡ, Ar. and V. αὐθαδία, ἡ.