For since in man all good is defective, the law made visible by an example still humbles my pride, my standard being furnished by a man whose imperfections, whatever they may be, are not known to me as my own are, and who therefore appears to me in a more favourable light.
Izan ere, gizakiengan ongia beti akastuna denez, legeak beti nire harrotasuna hondoratzen du adibide baten bidez begiesgarri bihurtuta, zeinaren eredua nire aurrean dagoen pertsonak ematen duen, zeinaren zitalkeriak, direnak direla ere, ez ditudan ezagutzen nireak bezain ongi eta, beraz, niri argiago agertzen zaizkidan.