and in this respect at least you must prove yourselves their equals, remembering that to lose what one has got is more disgraceful than to be balked in getting, and you must confront your enemies not merely with spirit but with disdain.
"Zorte oneko oharkabetasunean sorturiko harrokeria koldar batengan ere erne daiteke, baina mespretxua, gure kasuan bezala bere zuhurtasunagatik etsaiak azpiratzeko konfiantza duenarengan sortzen da.