§29.26.1ἐπιλαθόμενος δὲ τῶν γεγραμμένων ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ Ἀντίοχος καὶ τῶν εἰρημένων ἐξήρτυε πόλεμον κατὰ Πτολεμαίου, ὥστε καὶ λίαν ἀληθὲς φαίνεσθαι τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδου "χαλεπὸν ἐσθλὸν ἔμμεναι.
Antiochus, forgetting what had been written and said by himself, was preparing war against Ptolemy, so that the saying of Simonides, "It is hard to be good," appeared to be only too true.
§29.26.2"ἔχειν μὲν γὰρ ὁρμὰς ἐπὶ τὰ καλὰ καὶ μέχρι τινὸς ἀντιποιήσασθαι τούτων εὐμαρές, ὁμαλίσαι δὲ καὶ κατὰ πᾶσαν περίστασιν ἐπίμονον γενέσθαι τῇ γνώμῃ, μηδὲν τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ τοῦ δικαίου προυργιαίτερον τιθέμενον, δυσχερές. —
"For while it is easy to have impulses toward what is noble and to lay claim to these up to a certain point, it is difficult to maintain an even course and to remain constant in one's purpose under every circumstance, holding nothing to be of more importance than the noble and the just." —