‘ οὐδεὶς δὲ λέγει τὸν Ἀριστείδου βίον ἡδύν, ἀλλὰ τὸν Σαινδυρίδου τοῦ Συβαρίτου καὶ τὸν [p. 298] Σαρδαναπάλλου. καίτοι κατά γε τὴν δόξαν,’ φησὶν ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἡδονῆς Θεόφραστος, ‘ οὐχ ὁμοίως λαμπρός ἐστιν: ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐτρύφησεν ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοι. οὐδὲ τὸν Ἀγησιλάου τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλέως, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον, εἰ ἔτυχεν, τὸν Ἀνάνιος οὕτως ἀοράτου’
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