“Men are amazed more at those who could have [great] things than those who actually have them.”
θαυμάζουσι γοῦν τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτὰ μᾶλλον τοὺς δυναμένους ἔχειν…
Why? I guess because of suspicion Longinus supposes.
Longinus, On the Sublime 7
ΕΥΔΟΞΑ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΛΑΣΤΑ