Euripides, Hippolyus 916
“Oh humanity! You pointlessly fuck up so often!”
ὦ πόλλ᾽ ἁμαρτάνοντες ἄνθρωποι μάτην
Arsenius, Proverbs 68a
“If one must screw up, it is more righteous to die unjustly than to kill unjustly”
Εἰ δέοι τι ἁμαρτεῖν, τὸ ἀδίκως ἀπολῦσαι ὁσιώτερον τοῦ
ἀδίκως ἀπολέσαι.
12 97a
“A person who does the most messes up the most.”
῾Ο πλεῖστα πράσσων πλεῖστ’ ἁμαρτάνει βροτῶν.
13 39 h
“You can’t fuck-up twice in a war
Οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν πολέμῳ δὶς ἁμαρτάνειν
Lysias, fr. 267 [=Stobaeus 3.12.20]
“Lying the easiest thing for those who mess up frequently.”
Ψεύδεσθαι προχειρότατον τοῖς πολλάκις ἁμαρτάνουσιν.
Michael Apostolios, Proverbs
1.70
“A citizen’s screw-up is the state’s shame”
Αἰσχύνη πόλεως πολίτου ἁμαρτία: ἐξ ἀποφθέγματος.
8.52
“A nail for a nail. Also, to hammer a nail with a nail. This is for those who try to fix a mistake with another one.
῟Ηλος τὸν ἧλον: καί· Πάτταλος τὸν πάτταλον
ἐξέκρουσεν: ἐπὶ τῶν ἰωμένων δι’ ἁμαρτήματος ἁμάρτημα.
