Bibliotheca Polyglotta

ἐπεὶ δ’ οἱ πολλοὶ χείρους καὶ ἥττους τοῦ (5) κερδαίνειν καὶ δειλοὶ ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις, φοβερὸν ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ (6) πολὺ τὸ ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ αὐτὸν εἶναι,

And since most men tend to be bad — slaves to greed, and cowards in danger — it is, as a rule, a terrible thing to be at another man’s mercy;

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