For many princes shall this bow rob of spirit and of life, since truly it is better far to die than to live on and fail of that for the sake of which we ever gather here, waiting expectantly day after day.
πολλοὺς γὰρ τόδε τόξον ἀριστῆας κεκαδήσει θυμοῦ καὶ ψυχῆς , ἐπεὶ ἦ πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστι τεθνάμεν ἢ ζώοντας ἁμαρτεῖν , οὗθ' ἕνεκ' αἰεὶ ἐνθάδ' ὁμιλέομεν , ποτιδέγμενοι ἤματα πάντα .
πολύς γάρ ὅδε τόξον ἀριστεύς χάζω θυμός καί ψυχή , ἐπεί ἦ πολύς φέρτατος εἰμί θνήσκω ἤ ζώω ἁμαρτάνω , ὅστε ἕνεκα ἀεί ἐνθάδε ὁμιλέω , προσδέχομαι ἦμαρ πᾶς .