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| αὕτη γὰρ τῆς βοηθείας ἑαυτῷ πολλάκις ἡμῖν ὡμολόγηται κρατίστη εἶναι. |
| This method of defence we have often agreed to be the best. |
| Plato Gorgias 522d (67) |
| Ἀθηναῖοι, μνήσθητε τὰ πεποιημένα Ἀνδοκίδῃ, ἐνθυμήθητε δὲ καὶ τῆς ἑορτῆς, δι’ ἣν ὑπὸ τῶν πολλῶν προὐτιμήθητε. |
| Athenians, remember the actions committed by Andocides, and remember too the festival for which you get great renown. |
| Lysias Speeches 6.50 (298) |
| πάλαι δὲ τὰ καλὰ ἀνθρώποισι ἐξεύρηται, ἐκ τῶν μανθάνειν δεῖ· |
| Long ago men have found out good principles, and we must learn from them. |
| Herodotus Histories 1.8 (320) |
| Μήδεια: ᾤμωξα δ’ οἷον ἔργον ἔστ’ ἐργαστέον τοὐντεῦθεν ἡμῖν· τέκνα γὰρ κατακτενῶ τἄμ’· οὔτις ἔστιν ὅστις ἐξαιρήσεται· |
| I lament at the act I must now commit. I will kill my children. Nobody can stop me. |
| Euripides Medea 791-3 (374) |