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θαυμάζειν φάμενος εἰ τοσούτους ἠγωνισμένοι
καὶ τηλικούτους ἀγῶνας οὐ μνημονεύουσιν ὅτι τῶν καταπονηθέντων οἱ [p. 344] καταπονήσαντες ἥδιον καθεύδουσιν, οὐδὲ ὁρῶσι τοῖς Περσῶν
βίοις τοὺς ἑαυτῶν παραβάλλοντες, ὅτι δουλικώτατον μέν ἐστι τὸ τρυφᾶν,
βασιλικώτατον δὲ τὸ πονεῖν. ‘καίτοι πῶς ἄν τις,’
ἔφη, ‘δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ θεραπεύσειεν ἵππον ἢ λόγχην
ἀσκήσειεν ἢ κράνος, ἀπειθικὼς τοῦ φιλτάτου σώματος ἅπτεσθαι τὰς
χεῖρας; οὐκ ἴστε, εἶπεν, ’
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