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[4] ἔπειτ᾽ ἐκείνων τῶν δορικτήτων ἐξόν μοι λαβεῖν ὁπόσ᾽ ἂν ἐβουλόμην οὐ λαβών, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου πλοῦτον ὑπεριδὼν ἕνεκα δόξης, ὡς Οὐαλέριος Ποπλικόλας ἐποίησε καὶ ἄλλοι πλεῖστοι πρὸς τούτῳ [p. 308] συχνοί, δι᾽ οὓς ἡ πόλις ἡμῶν τηλικαύτη γέγονε, τὰς παρὰ σοῦ δέξομαι δωρεὰς καὶ ἀντὶ τῆς κρείττονος εὐπορίας ἀλλάξομαι τὴν χείρονα; ἐκείνῃ μέν γε τῇ κτήσει καὶ τὸ μεθ᾽ ἡδονῆς ποιεῖσθαι τὰς ἀπολαύσεις πρὸς τῷ καλῶς καὶ δικαίως προσῆν: ταύτης δὲ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἄπεστι. δανείσματα γάρ ἐστιν, ὅσα προσλαμβάνουσιν ἄνθρωποι παρ᾽ ἑτέρων, βαρύνοντα τὴν ψυχὴν ἕως ἂν ἀποδοθῇ, κἂν ὀνόμασι καλοῖς αὐτὰ κοσμήσῃ τις, φιλανθρωπίας καλῶν καὶ δωρεὰς ἢ χάριτας.
Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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