“Let someone unhindered by bold-worded envy justly praise the wise man. Mortals will apportion blame in all actions.”
εἰ μή τινα θερσιεπὴς
φθόνος βιᾶται,
αἰνείτω σοφὸν ἄνδρα
σὺν δίκαι. βροτῶν δὲ μῶμος
πάντεσσι μέν ἐστιν ἐπ᾿ ἔργοις
Bacchylides. So full of elegant ideas with inelegant phrasings.
