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οἶδα μὲν ἔγωγε σχεδὸν ὅτι διδάσκειν μὲν ἀνθρώπους ἅπαντας
χαλεπόν ἐστιν, ἐξαπατᾶν δὲ ῥᾴδιον. καὶ μανθάνουσι μὲν μόγις,
ἐάν τι καὶ μάθωσι, παρ᾽ ὀλίγων τῶν εἰδότων, ἐξαπατῶνται δὲ
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τάχιστα ὑπὸ πολλῶν τῶν οὐκ εἰδότων, καὶ οὐ μόνον γε ὑπὸ τῶν
ἄλλων, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀληθὲς πικρόν
ἐστι καὶ ἀηδὲς τοῖς ἀνοήτοις, τὸ δὲ ψεῦδος γλυκὺ καὶ προσηνές.
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