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’ καίτοι μάλιστα τῶν βασιλέων ἐμμελὴς ἦν καὶ πιθανὸς ἀποτρίβεσθαι τὰ
τοιαῦτα. κυνικοῦ γάρ ποτε δραχμὴν αἰτήσαντος
αὐτόν ‘ἀλλ᾽ οὐ βασιλικόν’ ἔφη ‘τὸ δόμα:’ τοῦ δ᾽ ὑποτυχόντος
‘δὸς οὖν μοι τάλαντον’ ἀπήντησεν ‘ἀλλ᾽ οὐ κυνικὸν τὸ λῆμμα’
Διογένης μὲν οὖν τοὺς ἀνδριάντας ᾔτει περιιὼν ἐν Κεραμεικῷ καὶ πρὸς
τοὺς θαυμάζοντας ἔλεγεν ἀποτυγχάνειν μελετᾶν
ἡμῖν δὲ πρῶτον ἐμμελετητέον ἐστὶ τοῖς φαύλοις καὶ γυμναστέον περὶ τὰ
μικρά, πρὸς τὸ ἀρνεῖσθαι 1 τοῖς 2 αἰτοῦσιν οὐ προσηκόντως 3
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