ἐπεὶ τί δεῖ βροτοῖσι πλὴν δυοῖν μόνων,εἶτα μικρὸν ἀπὸ τούτων προελθὼν ἐπαινεῖ τὸν Διογένη τὸ αἰδοῖον ἀποτριβόμενον ἐν φανερῷ καὶ λέγοντα πρὸς τοὺς παρόντας ‘εἴθε καὶ τὸν λιμὸν οὕτως ἀποτρίψασθαι τῆς γαστρὸς ἠδυνάμην’ τίν᾽ οὖν ἔχει λόγον ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐπαινεῖν τὸν ἐκβάλλοντα τὴν ἡδονὴν ἅμα καὶ τὸν ἡδονῆς ἕνεκα τοιαῦτα πράττοντα καὶ τοιαύτης ἁπτόμενον αἰσχρουργίας;
Δήμητρος ἀκτῆς πώματὸς θ᾽ ὑδρηχόου;
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ὅθεν μὴ ἀδικεῖσθαι τὸν σοφὸν ἐν ἄλλοις
ἀποφηνάμενος ἐνταῦθά φησιν ἀδίκημά τι τὸν τόπον
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