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ἀρκεῖ πολλάκις καὶ ἀπειλή. μήποτε οὖν, ὦ φίλε,
νομίσῃς εἶναι ἐλεύθερος, ἄχρις οὗ γαστὴρ ἄρχει
σου καὶ τὰ ἔνερθεν γαστρὸς οἵ τε τοῦ παρασχεῖν
τὰ πρὸς ἡδονὴν καὶ ταὐτὰ ἀποκωλῦσαι κύριοι,
καὶ εἰ τούτων δὲ γένοιο κρείττων, ἕως ἂν δουλεύῃς
ταῖς τῶν πολλῶν δόξαις, οὔπω τῆς ἐλευθερίας
ἔθιγες οὐδὲ ἐγεύσω τοῦ νέκταρος,
Οὐ μὰ τὸν ἐν στέρνοισιν ἐμοῖς παραδόντα τετρακτύν.
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