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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 24

Section 79 of 882

Canonical reference 1.12.24

Ancient Greek

καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς καὶ τοὺς φίλους· τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ῥᾴδιον, τοὺς δὲ ἡδύ. καὶ τοὺς ἀφίλους, καὶ τοὺς μὴ δεινοὺς εἰπεῖν ἢ πρᾶξαι· ἢ γὰρ οὐκ ἐγχειροῦσιν ἐπεξιέναι, ἢ καταλλάττονται, ἢ οὐδὲν περαίνουσιν.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And both enemies and friends; for it is easy to injure the latter, and pleasant to injure the former. And those who are friendless. And those who are unskilled in speech or action; for either they make no attempt to prosecute, or come to terms, or accomplish nothing.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Et les ennemis comme les amis, car il est facile de nuire aux seconds et agréable de nuire aux premiers. Et ceux qui sont sans amis. Et ceux qui manquent d'habileté dans la parole ou dans l'action, car ou bien ils ne tentent aucune poursuite, ou bien ils transigent, ou bien ils n'aboutissent à rien.

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