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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 28
Section 54 of 882
Canonical reference 1.11.28
Ancient Greek
καὶ τὸ ἐν ᾧ δοκεῖ βέλτιστος αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ εἶναι, ἐνταῦθα διατρίβειν, ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ ποιητής φησι κἀπὶ τοῦτʼ ἐπείγει, νέμων ἑκάστης ἡμέρας πλεῖστον μέρος, ἵνʼ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ τυγχάνει βέλτιστος ὤν. Eur. fr. 183
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And if a man thinks he excels in anything, he likes to devote his time to it; as Euripides says: And allotting the best part of each day to that in which he happens to surpass himself, he presses eagerly towards it.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et si un homme pense exceller en quelque chose, il aime y consacrer son temps, comme le dit Euripide: Et consacrant la meilleure part de chaque jour à ce en quoi il se trouve se surpasser lui-même, il s'y porte avec ardeur.
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