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The phrase is: "Ἐξ εὐγενῶν γέννα" Which roughly means "seek to become relatives with noble people" or alternatively "seek to create with noble ingredients"

• phs318u 8y ago
  Definitely the latter. One could almost paraphrase as “the ends reflect the means... therefore use noble means”
  • buboard 8y ago
    well techically it talks about the beginning and the means. In any case how can we be sure it's not the first ?