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ἐπετίμα δὲ τοῖς πολίταις Τοὺς αὐτοὺς αἱρουμένοις πολλάκις ἄρχοντας. ‘δόξετε γάρ,’ ἔφη, ‘μὴ1 πολλοῦ τὸ ἄρχειν ἄξιον ἢ μὴ πολλοὺς τοῦ ἄρχειν ἀξίους ἡγεῖσθαι.’ Περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τινος αἰσχρῶς καὶ ἀδόξως βιοῦν δοκοῦντος ‘ἡ τούτου μήτηρ,’ ἔφη, ‘κατάραν, οὐκ εὐχήν, ἡγεῖται τὸ τοῦτον ὑπὲρ γῆς ἀπολιπεῖν.’
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