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γὰρ ἔστι πράττειν μεγάλα φροντίζοντα μικρῶν, οὐδὲ πολλοῖς δεομένοις βοηθεῖν πολλῶν αὐτὸν δεόμενον. μέγα δ᾽ εἰς πολιτείαν ἐφόδιον οὐχὶ πλοῦτος, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτάρκεια, τῷ μηδενὸς ἰδίᾳ τῶν περιττῶν δεῖσθαι πρὸς οὐδεμίαν ἀσχολίαν ἄγουσα τῶν δημοσίων, ἀπροσδεὴς μὲν γὰρ ἁπλῶς ὁ θεὸς, ἀνθρωπίνης δ᾽ ἀρετῆς, ᾧ συνάγεται πρὸς τὸ ἐλάχιστον ἡ χρείᾳ, τοῦτο τελειότατον καὶ θειότατον.
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