μέμνησο, ὅτι ὀρέξεως ἐπαγγελία ἐπιτυχία, οὗ ὀρέγῃ,
ἐκκλίσεως ἐπαγγελία τὸ μὴ περιπεσεῖν ἐκείνῳ, ὃ ἐκκλίνεται, καὶ
ὁ μὲν ἐν ὀρέξει ἀποτυγχάνων ἀτυχής, ὁ δὲ ἐν ἐκκλίσει
περιπίπτων δυστυχής. ἂν μὲν οὖν μόνα ἐκκλίνῃς τὰ παρὰ
φύσιν τῶν ἐπὶ σοί, οὐδενί, ὧν ἐκκλίνεις, περιπεσῇ: νόσον δ᾽ ἂν
ἐκκλίνῃς ἢ θάνατον ἢ πενίαν, δυστυχήσεις.
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ἆρον οὖν
τὴν ἔκκλισιν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν οὐκ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν καὶ μετάθες ἐπὶ
τὰ παρὰ φύσιν τῶν ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν. τὴν ὄρεξιν δὲ παντελῶς ἐπὶ
τοῦ παρόντος ἄνελε: ἄν τε γὰρ ὀρέγῃ τῶν οὐκ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν
τινος, ἀτυχεῖν ἀνάγκη τῶν τε ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, ὅσων ὀρέγεσθαι καλὸν
ἄν, οὐδὲν οὐδέπω σοι πάρεστι. μόνῳ δὲ τῷ ὁρμᾶν καὶ ἀφορμᾶν
χρῶ, κούφως μέντοι καὶ μεθ᾽ ὑπεξαιρέσεως καὶ ἀνειμένως.
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