Plato, Republic 1.133d

 

“So, justice is useless in the practice of all other things but useful during their disuse?”      

 

 

καὶ περὶ τἆλλα δὴ πάντα ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἑκάστου ἐν μὲν χρήσει ἄχρηστος, ἐν δὲἀχρηστίᾳ χρήσιμος;

Aeschylus, Fragment, 667.2

 

“The man who is wise is the one who knows useful things not many.”

 

          ‘ὁ χρήσιμ’ εἰδώς, οὐχ ὁ πόλλ’ εἰδὼς σοφός’.