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ὦ τλῆμον, ἔφη ὁ Σωκράτης, καὶ τί ἂν οἴει παθεῖν καλὸν φιλήσας; ἆρ᾽ οὐκ ἂν αὐτίκα μάλα δοῦλος μὲν εἶναι ἀντ᾽ ἐλευθέρου, πολλὰ δὲ δαπανᾶν εἰς βλαβερὰς ἡδονάς, πολλὴν δὲ ἀσχολίαν ἔχειν τοῦ ἐπιμεληθῆναί τινος καλοῦ κἀγαθοῦ, σπουδάζειν δ᾽ ἀναγκασθῆναι ἐφ᾽ οἷς οὐδ᾽ ἂν μαινόμενος σπουδάσειεν;
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