| ἐγὼ γὰρ τοῦτο, ὦ Πρωταγόρα, οὐκ ᾤμην διδακτὸν εἶναι, σοὶ δὲ λέγοντι οὐκ ἔχω ὅπως ἂν ἀπιστῶ. |
| I did not used to think that this skill could be taught, but now you claim it I don't know how I can disbelieve you. |
| Plato Protagoras 319b (137) |
| φέρε δή, ἐὰν τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ ὑγιεινοῦ μὲν βέλτιον γιγνόμενον, ὑπὸ τοῦ νοσώδους δὲ διαφθειρόμενον διολέσωμεν πειθόμενοι μὴ τῇ τῶν ἐπαϊόντων δόξῃ, ἆρα βιωτὸν ἡμῖν ἐστιν διεφθαρμένου αὐτοῦ; |
| Tell me then, if we destroy that part of us which is improved with health and destroyed with disease, is life worth living once that part is destroyed? |
| Plato Crito 47d (310) |
| Μήδεια: οὐ γὰρ γελᾶσθαι τλητὸν ἐξ ἐχθρῶν, φίλαι. |
| Medea: It is unbearable to be mocked by enemies, my friends. |
| Euripides Medea 797 (373) |
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