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ἐκ πασῶν μίαν: εἶθ᾽ ὅταν συντριβῇ τι
τούτων ἢ ἀπόληται, βαρέως φέρουσι καὶ
κολάζουσι. ἀφεκτέον οὖν τῷ πρὸς ὀργὴν
φαύλως ἔχοντι τῶν σπανίων καὶ περιττῶν,
οἷον ἐκπωμάτων καὶ σφραγίδων καὶ λίθων πολυτελῶν:
ἐξίστησι γὰρ ἀπολλύμενα μᾶλλον τῶν
εὐπορίστων καὶ συνήθων. διὸ καὶ τοῦ
Νέρωνος ὀκτάγωνόν τινα σκηνὴν ὑπερφυὲς
κάλλει καὶ πολυτελείᾳ θέαμα κατασκευάσαντος,
‘ἤλεγξας’ ἔφη ὁ Σενέκας ‘πένητα
σεαυτόν: ἐὰν γὰρ ταύτην ἀπολέσῃς,
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