When Thetis, says Aristotle, flatters Jupiter, when the Lacedaemonians flatter the Athenians, they do not put them in mind of the good they have done them, which is always odious, but of the benefits they have received from them.
Tetisek, dio Aristotelesek, Jupiter lausengatzen duenean, lazedemoniarrek atenasterrak lausengatzen dituztenean, ez doazkie egin dizkieten ongien oroitzapenaren berriztatzera, gauza hastiagarria baita beti, baina haiengandik ukan dituzten ongien oroitzapena.