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ὃ δὲ μέγιστον καὶ πρὸς τὸ εὐδοκιμεῖν ἀναγκαιότατον ὀλίγου δεῖν παρέλιπον, ἁπάντων
καταγέλα τῶν λεγόντων. καὶ ἢν μέν τις καλῶς εἴπῃ,
ἀλλότρια καὶ οὐχ ἑαυτοῦ δεικνύειν δοκείτω: ἢν
δὲ μετρίως ἐλεγχθῇ,^ πάντα ἔστω ἐπιλήψιμα. καὶ
ἐν ταῖς ἀκροάσεσι μετὰ πάντας εἰσιέναι χρή, ἐπίσημον γάρ: καὶ σιωπησάντων ἁπάντων ξένον
τινὰ ἔπαινον ἐπειπεῖν τὰς ἀκοὰς τῶν παρόντων
ἐπιστρέψοντα ^ καὶ ἐνοχλήσοντα, ὡς ναυτιᾶν
ἅπαντας ἐπὶ τῷ φορτικῷ τῶν ὀνομάτων καὶ
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ἐπιφράττεσθαι τὰ ὦτα. καὶ ἐπισείσῃς δὲ μὴ πολλάκις τὴν χεῖρα, εὐτελὲς γάρ, μηδ᾽ ἀναστῇς, πλὴν ἅπαξ γε ἢ δὶς τὸ πλεῖστον. ὑπομειδία δὲ
τὰ πολλὰ καὶ δῆλος γίγνου μὴ ἀρεσκόμενος τοῖς λεγομένοις. ἀμφιλαφεῖς δὲ αἱ ἀφορμαὶ τῶν μέμψεων τοῖς συκοφαντικοῖς τὰ ὦτα. τὰ δὲ ἄλλα χρὴ θαρρεῖν: ἡ τόλμα γὰρ καὶ ἡ ἀναισχυντία καὶ ψεῦδος πρόχειρον καὶ ὅρκος ἐπ᾽
ἄκροις ἀεὶ τοῖς χείλεσι καὶ φθόνος πρὸς ἅπαντας
καὶ μῖσος καὶ βλασφημία καὶ διαβολαὶ πιθαναὶ —
ταῦτά σε ἀοίδιμον ἐν βραχεῖ καὶ περίβλεπτον ἀποφανεῖ.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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