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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 21
Section 637 of 882
Canonical reference 2.5.21
Ancient Greek
καὶ ὅλως ἂν τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτοῖς καλῶς ἔχῃ, τά τε ἄλλα καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ σημείων καὶ λογίων· θαρραλέον γὰρ ἡ ὀργή, τὸ δὲ μὴ ἀδικεῖν ἀλλʼ ἀδικεῖσθαι ὀργῆς ποιητικόν, τὸ δὲ θεῖον ὑπολαμβάνεται βοηθεῖν τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
and, generally, if it is well with us in regard to the gods, especially as to intimations from signs and oracles, and everything else of the kind; for anger inspires confidence, and it is the wrong that we suffer and not that which we inflict upon others that causes anger, and the gods are supposed to assist those who are wronged.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
et, en général, si notre situation est bonne à l’égard des dieux, surtout quant aux indications fournies par les signes et les oracles, et à tout le reste de ce genre. Car la colère inspire confiance, et c’est le tort que nous subissons, non celui que nous infligeons à autrui, qui provoque la colère ; or les dieux sont censés secourir ceux qui ont subi une injustice.