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ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ Δημοσθενες, περὶ μὲν τῶν ἀναθημάτων καὶ τῶν οἰκιῶν καὶ τῶν κτημάτων καὶ πάντων ὅλως τῶν ἀφώνων πολλοὺς καὶ παντοδαποὺς καὶ οὐδέποτε τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἀκούω λόγους λεγομένους: οὐ γάρ εἰσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς οὔτε καλαὶ οὔτε αἰσχραὶ πράξεις, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ προσαψάμενος αὐτῶν καὶ παρατυχών, ὅστις ἂν ᾖ, κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς αὑτοῦ δόξης λόγον παρέχει: περὶ δὲ τὸν τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίον καὶ τὰς πράξεις1 ἀψευδής τις ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου πλανᾶται φήμη κατὰ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ διαγγέλλει τοῖς πολλοῖς τὰς ἰδίας πράξεις, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ μαντεύεται περὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι.
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