Zenobius 5.60
I am not of those heroes
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English
Proverb
I am not of those heroes
Explanation
set down for those who wish to do good. For the heroes are readier to harm than to benefit, as Menander says in Synephebi.
Greek
Proverb
Οὐκ εἰμὶ τούτων τῶν ἡρώων
Explanation
αὕτη τέτακται ἐπὶ τῶν βουλομένων εὖ ποιεῖν· οἱ γὰρ ἥρωες κακοῦν ἕτοιμοι μᾶλλον, ἢ εὐεργετεῖν, ὥς φησι Μένανδρος ἐν Συνεφήβοις.
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