Rhet gre 1405a16-19λέγω δ’ οἷον, (17) ἐπεὶ τὰ ἐναντία ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ γένει, τὸ φάναι τὸν μὲν πτω(18)χεύοντα εὔχεσθαι τὸν δὲ εὐχόμενον πτωχεύειν, ὅτι ἄμφω αἰ(19)τήσεις, τὸ εἰρημένον ἐστὶ ποιεῖν,
Rhys Roberts 1924 engAnd if you wish to pay a compliment, you must take your metaphor from something better in the same line; if to disparage, from something worse.
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