§22.19.1ὅτι Φιλοποίμην πρὸς Ἄρχωνα τὸν στρατηγὸν λόγοις τισὶ διεφέρετο.
That Philopoemen was at variance in certain discussions with Archon the strategus.
ὁ μὲν οὖν Φιλοποίμην εὐδοκήσας ἐκ τοῦ καιροῦ τοῖς λεγομένοις καὶ μεταγνοὺς ἐπῄνει τὸν Ἄρχωνα φιλοφρόνως, ὡς ἐντρεχῶς καὶ πανούργως τῷ καιρῷ κεχρημένον.
Now Philopoemen, having on the spur of the moment approved of what was said and having changed his mind, praised Archon kindly, as one who had used the opportunity alertly and craftily.
§22.19.2ἔμοιγε μήν, φησὶν ὁ Πολύβιος, οὔτε τότε παρόντι τὸ ῥηθὲν εὐηρέστησεν, ὥστʼ ἐπαινοῦντά τινα κακῶς ἅμα ποιεῖν, οὔτε μετὰ ταῦτα τῆς ἡλικίας προβαινούσης·
"But to me indeed," says Polybius, "neither at that time when I was present did what was said please me—so as for a person, while praising, to act badly at the same time—nor afterwards as my age advanced.
§22.19.3πολὺ γὰρ δή τι μοι δοκεῖ κεχωρίσθαι κατὰ τὴν αἵρεσιν ὁ πραγματικὸς ἀνὴρ τοῦ κακοπράγμονος καὶ παραπλησίαν ἔχειν διαφορὰν τῷ κακεντρεχεῖ πρὸς τὸν ἐντρεχῆ· ἃ μὲν γάρ ἐστι κάλλιστα τῶν ὄντων ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, ἃ δὲ τοὐναντίον·
For the man of affairs seems to me to be separated by a very great distance in his principles from the busybody, and to have a difference similar to that of the malicious man in relation to the alert man; for the former are, so to speak, the finest of existing things, and the latter the opposite.
§22.19.4ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν νῦν ἐπιπολάζουσαν ἀκρισίαν βραχείας ἔχοντα κοινότητας τὰ προειρημένα τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπισημασίας καὶ ζήλου τυγχάνει παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
But on account of the lack of judgment now prevailing, the aforementioned qualities, though having only small points in common, meet with the same approval and admiration among men."