γὰρ, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀντερεῖ: ἀλλ᾽ ἄρα πολλῷ μᾶλλον τῶν
ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἑκάστοτε φιλοτιμουμένων καὶ ὅπως τὰ καθ᾽
ἡμᾶς ἄριστα ἔχειν σπουδὴν ποιουμένων. καὶ ὡς ἀληθῆ
λέγω δῆλον ἐξ ὧν τοὺς μὲν τιμῶν ἀξιοῦμεν καὶ εὐεργέτας ἡμετέρους καὶ σωτῆρας καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα καλοῦμεν, τοῖς δὲ ὡς ὀφειλέταις οὐχ ὅπως ὧν πράττουσιν
ἴσχομεν χάριν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἤν ποτ᾽ ἐλλίπωσι τοῦ δέοντος,
νεμεσῶντες ὑπάγομεν δίκην: καὶ ὅτι παρὰ μὲν τῶν αὐτὸ [p. 663]
τοῦτο μόνον ὄνησίς ἐστι τῇ πόλει, οἱ δὲ μετὰ τούτου
καὶ δόξης οὐ μικρᾶς αἴτιοι γίγνονται. εἶθ᾽ οἳ τοῖς ἅπασι
προὔχουσι καὶ τῆς βελτίονός εἰσι μοίρας, τούτους ἡμεῖς
ἐλάττους διὰ σὲ νομιοῦμεν; καὶ πῶς οὐκ ἄτοπον εὐεργέτας μὲν ὅπως κτησόμεθα πάντα ποιεῖν, ἡμεῖς δὲ καὶ
οὓς μὲν ἔχομεν νῦν θεῶν διδόντων, τούτοις φανέντες
ἀγνώμονες ἀποστερήσομεν τῶν τιμῶν, οὓς δὲ μέλλομεν
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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