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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 40
Section 283 of 882
Canonical reference 1.7.40
Ancient Greek
καὶ ἃ μὴ λανθάνει παρόντα ἢ ἃ λανθάνει· πρὸς ἀλήθειαν γὰρ τείνει ταῦτα· διὸ τὸ πλουτεῖν φανείη ἂν μεῖζον ἀγαθὸν τοῦ δοκεῖν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And those things, the presence of which does not escape notice, are preferable to those which pass unnoticed, because they appear more real; whence being wealthy would appear to be a greater good than the appearance of it.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et les choses dont la présence ne passe pas inaperçue sont préférables à celles qui demeurent inaperçues, parce qu’elles paraissent plus réelles. De là vient qu’être riche semblerait être un plus grand bien que de le paraître.