brakhù án ti prosktṓmenoi autêi perì autês àn taútēs mâllon kinduneúoimen
short.N.ACC.SG IRR something.ACC.SG gain.PTCP.PRS.PASS.M.NOM.PL same.F.DAT.SG about same.F.GEN.SG IRR this.F.GEN.SG more endanger.1PL.PRS.OPT
We should make but few new conquests, and should imperil those we have already won.' (Thucydides 6.18.2)