Bacchylides, Ep. 5.187-190

 

“For the sake of truth one must shove envy aside with both hands and praise any mortal who does well.”

 

χρὴ δ᾿ ἀλαθείας χάριν

αἰνεῖν, φθόνον ἀμφ[οτέραισιν

χερσίν ἀπωσάμενον,

εἴ τις εὖ πράσσοι βροτῶ[ν

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