Prevod
Two enemies were sailing on the same ship. Wishing to keep as far apart as possible, one went to the bow and the other to the stern, and there they stayed. When a fierce storm struck and the ship began to capsize, the man at the stern asked someone which end of the vessel was likely to sink first. When he was told, “The bow,” he said, “Then death no longer troubles me, if I am to see my enemy drown before me.” So it is that some people, out of hatred for their enemies, are willing to suffer disaster themselves for the pleasure of seeing their enemies suffer too.
Izvirnik
Δύο ἐχθροὶ ἐν μιᾷ νηῒ ἔπλεον· βουλόμενοι δʼ ἀλλήλων πολὺ διεζεῦχθαι, ὥρμησαν ὁ μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν πρώραν, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πρύμναν, καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἔμενον. Χειμῶνος δὲ σφοδροῦ καταλαβόντος, καὶ τῆς νεὼς περιτρεπομένης, ὁ ἐν τῇ πρύμνῃ ἐπυνθάνετό τινος, περὶ ποῖον μέρος καταδύεται τὸ σκάφος πρῶτον κινδυνεῦον· τοῦ δὲ εἰπόντος ,,κατὰ τὴν πρώραν,“ ἔφη· ,,ἀλλʼ ἔμοιγε οὐκέτι λυπηρὸς ὁ θάνατός ἐστιν, εἴγε ὁρᾶν μέλλω τὸν ἐχθρόν μου προαποπνιγόμενον.“
Οὕτως ἔνιοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τὴν πρὸς ἐχθροὺς δυσμένειαν αἱροῦνται καὶ αὐτοὶ τὸ δεινὸν πάσχειν, χάριν τοῦ κἀκείνους ὁρᾶν δυστυχήσαντας.
