“Men are amazed more at those who could have [great] things but look down on them than those who actually have them.”
θαυμάζουσι γοῦν τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτὰ μᾶλλον τοὺς δυναμένους ἔχειν καὶ διὰ μεγαλοψυχίαν ὑπερορῶντας
Longinus, On the Sublime 7
“Men are amazed more at those who could have [great] things but look down on them than those who actually have them.”
θαυμάζουσι γοῦν τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτὰ μᾶλλον τοὺς δυναμένους ἔχειν καὶ διὰ μεγαλοψυχίαν ὑπερορῶντας