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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 14
Section 597 of 882
Canonical reference 2.4.14
Ancient Greek
καὶ τοὺς ἐπαινοῦντας τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀγαθά, καὶ τούτων μάλιστα ἃ φοβοῦνται μὴ ὑπάρχειν αὐτοῖς.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And those who praise our good qualities, especially those which we ourselves are afraid we do not possess;
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et ceux qui louent nos qualités, surtout celles que nous craignons nous-mêmes de ne pas posséder ;