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τό τε γὰρ μὴ μετ᾽ αἰσχύνης ὡς κολακεύοντα λαμβάνειν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἰσηγορίᾳ δοκοῦντ᾽ ἄξιόν τινος εἶναι τιμᾶσθαι τῶν καλῶν ἐστι, τό θ᾽ ὑπὸ τῶν ὁμοίων ἑκόντων θαυμάζεσθαι τοῦ παρὰ τοῦ δεσπότου λαμβάνειν ὁτιοῦν κρεῖττον εἶναι δοκεῖ. παρὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκείνοις μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ τοῦ μέλλοντος φόβος τῆς παρούσης χάριτος, παρὰ δ᾽ ὑμῖν ἀδεῶς ἃν λάβῃ τις ἔχειν ὑπῆρχε τὸν γοῦν ἄλλον χρόνον.
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