Monday, 15 December 2014

To encourage the others



Ταύτῃ ἐν χώρῃ φρόνιμόν ἐστι ἀποκτείνειν ἐνίοτε ναύαρχον, ὅπως τοὺς ἄλλους θαρσύνῃ.

 

(Taútē en chṓrē phrónimón esti apokteínein eníote naúarchon, hópōs tous állous tharsýnē.)

 

In this country it is good to kill an Admiral from time to time, to encourage the others.

 

—Voltaire, Candide