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τὸ δεῖν ἀεί τι τοῦ παρόντος
εἰς τὸ μέλλον ὑπολιπεῖν 1 καὶ τῆς αὔριον ἐν
τῇ σήμερον μνημονεύειν, ἢ νομίζοντες ἀστεῖον εἶναι τὸ συστέλλειν καὶ,
ἀνέχειν τὴν ὄρεξιν ἔτι παρούσης τῆς ἀπολαύσεως; ἧττον γὰρ ἐπιθυμοῦσι τῶν ἀπόντων ἐθισθέντες ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν
παρόντων. ἢ καὶ πρὸς οἰκέτας φιλάνθρωπον τὸ ἔθος; οὐ γὰρ οὕτω
λαμβάνοντες ὡς μεταλαμβάνοντες ἀγαπῶσι , κοινωνεῖν τρόπον τινὰ τραπέζης
ἡγούμενοι τοῖς δεσπόταις. ἢ τῶν ἱερῶν
οὐδέποτε δεῖν 2 κενὸν οὐθὲν περιορᾶν, ἱερὸν δ᾽ ἡ
τράπεζα;
‘διὰ τί τῇ νύμφῃ τὸ πρῶτον οὐκ ἐντυγχάνει ’
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