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ἐπιθέσθαι δὲ τῇ τρυφῇ καὶ τὸν ζῆλον ἀφελέσθαι τοῦ πλούτου διανοηθεὶς; τὰ συσσίτια εἰσηγήσατο. πρὸς γοῦν τοὺς ἐπιζητοῦντας, διά τί ταῦτα συνεστήσατο καὶ μεθ᾽ ὅπλων κατ᾽ ὀλίγους τοὺς πολίτας διῄρηκεν, ‘ὅπως’ εἶπεν ‘ἐξ, ἑτοίμου τὰ παραγγελλόμενα δέχωνται, καὶ ἐάν τι νεωτερίζωσιν, ἐν ὀλίγοις τὸ ἀμπλάκημα: ἰσομοιρία τε τῆς τροφῆς καὶ πόσεως ᾖ, καὶ μήτε πόσει τινὶ ἢ βρώσει ἀλλὰ μηδὲ στρωμνῇ ἢ σκεύεσιν ἢ ἄλλῳ τινὶ τὸ σύνολον πλέον ἔχῃ ὁ πλούσιος τοῦ πένητος.’
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