Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those… — Homer
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.
In the original Greek
αἰδομένων δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται: φευγόντων δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτέ τις ἀλκή.
The Iliad · 700 BC
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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 15, l. 563-564.
Original citation
Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 15, l. 563-564.