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κοινὸν δ᾽ οὖν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὥρισται
δίκαιον, τὸ πάνθ᾽ ὅσα δικαίως τις ἔλαβεν, ἄν τε καθάπαξ
τύχῃ λαβὼν ἄν τε εἴς τινα χρόνον, καθάπερ οἶμαι τὰς ἀρχάς, βεβαίως
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ἔχειν καὶ μηδένα ἀφαιρεῖσθαι. πῶς οὖν δικαιότερον
ἔστιν ὁτιοῦν ἔχειν ἢ εἴ τις ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς γενόμενος καὶ χάριτος
ἄξιος ἀντὶ πολλῶν καὶ καλῶν τύχοι τιμῆς; ἢ παρὰ τίνος κυριωτέρου
καὶ μείζονος ἢ παρὰ τοῦ Ῥοδίων δήμου καὶ τῆς ὑμετέρας
πόλεως; καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο οὐ σμικρόν ἐστι, τὸ μὴ Καλυμνίους εἶναιτοὺς δεδωκότας ἢ τοὺς κακοβούλους τούτους Καυνίους. ὥσπερ ἐπὶ
τῶν ἰδιωτικῶν, ὅσῳ τις ἂν κρείττω καὶ πιστότερον δεικνύῃ, παρ᾽
οὗ τυγχάνει τι κτησάμενος, τοσούτῳ κρατεῖ καὶ οὐδεὶς ἂν ἀμφισβητήσειεν
αὐτῷ. καίτοι πᾶσα πόλις, ἣν ἂν εἴπῃ τις, ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς
ἰδιώτου, κἂν ὁ σεμνότατος ᾖ, πιστοτέρα τῷ παντὶ καὶ κρείττων,καὶ τὰ κοινῇ γιγνόμενα τῶν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν πραττομένων ἰσχυρότερα.
Dionis Prusaensis quem vocant Chrysostomum quae exstant omnia, Vols I and II. Dio Chrysostom. J. de Arnim. Weidmann. Berlin. 1893. Keyboarding.
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