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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 26
Section 267 of 882
Canonical reference 1.7.26
Ancient Greek
καὶ τὰ πολυχρονιώτερα τῶν ὀλιγοχρονιωτέρων καὶ τὰ βεβαιότερα τῶν ἀβεβαιοτέρων· ὑπερέχει γὰρ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν μὲν τῷ χρόνῳ τῶν δὲ τῇ βουλήσει· ὅταν γὰρ βούλωνται, ὑπάρχει μᾶλλον ἡ τοῦ βεβαίου.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And things that last longer are preferable to those that are of shorter duration, and those that are safer to those that are less so; for time increases the use of the first and the wish that of the second; for whenever we wish, we can make greater use of things that are safe.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et les choses qui durent plus longtemps sont préférables à celles qui durent moins, et les plus sûres à celles qui le sont moins. Car le temps accroît l’usage des premières, et la volonté celui des secondes ; chaque fois que nous le voulons, nous pouvons faire un plus grand usage des choses qui sont sûres.
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