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ἐπειδὴ δὲ σιγᾶς, ὅτι μὲν ἀπορεῖς, συγγνώμην ἔχω σοι, ἃ δὲ τότ᾽ ἔλεγες, ἐγὼ νυνὶ λέξω. οὐ μέμνησθε αὐτοῦ τὰ μιαρὰ καὶ ἀπίθανα ῥήματα, ἃ πῶς ποθ᾽ ὑμεῖς, ὦ σιδηροῖ, ἐκαρτερεῖτε ἀκροώμενοι; ὅτ᾽ ἔφη παρελθών: ‘ἀμπελουργοῦσί τινες τὴν πόλιν, ἀνατετμήκασί τινες τὰ κλήματα τὰ τοῦ δήμου, ὑποτέτμηται τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτων, φορμορραφούμεθα, ἐπὶ τὰ στενά τινες πρῶτον ὥσπερ τὰς βελόνας διείρουσι.’
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