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‘ μέγα φρονεῖν,
ὅτι κρατεῖ πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων; ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ
ἧττον οἷς ὑπάρχει περὶ θεῶν ἃ δεῖ
δοξάζειν.’ τοὺς γὰρ οὕτω, τὰ οἰκεῖα
σεμνύνοντας οὐκ ἐνοχλήσει τὰ τῶν πλησίον νῦν δὲ
τὴν ἄμπελον σῦκα φέρειν οὐκ ἀξιοῦμεν
οὐδὲ τὴν ἐλαίαν βότρυς: αὐτοὶ δ᾽
ἑαυτούς, ἐὰν μὴ καὶ τὰ τῶν πλουσίων ἅμα
καὶ τὰ τῶν λογίων καὶ τὰ τῶν στρατευομένων
καὶ τὰ τῶν φιλοσοφούντων καὶ τὰ τῶν
κολακευόντων καὶ τὰ τῶν παρρησιαζομένων
καὶ τὰ τῶν
φειδομένων καὶ τὰ τῶν δαπανώντων ἔχωμεν
προτερήματα, συκοφαντοῦμεν καὶ ἀχαριστοῦμεν
αὑτοῖς 1 καὶ καταφρονοῦμεν ὡς, ἐνδεῶς [p. 229]
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