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δοκεῖτε ποιεῖν ἂν εἰκότως, εἴπερ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινῇ βελτίστου δεῖ μέλειν ὑμῖν. τίς γὰρ οὐκ οἶδεν ὑμῶν τοῦ μὲν πολλὰ τοιαῦτα γίγνεσθαι τὸ μὴ κολάζεσθαι τοὺς ἐξαμαρτάνοντας αἴτιον ὄν, τοῦ δὲ μηδέν᾽ ὑβρίζειν τὸ λοιπὸν τὸ δίκην τὸν ἀεὶ ληφθένθ᾽ ἣν προσήκει διδόναι μόνον αἴτιον ἂν γενόμενον; εἰ μὲν τοίνυν ἀποτρέψαι συμφέρει τοὺς ἄλλους, τοῦτον καὶ δι᾽ ἐκεῖνα κολαστέον, καὶ μᾶλλόν γ᾽ ὅσῳπερ ἂν ᾖ πλείω καὶ μείζω: εἰ δὲ παροξῦναι καὶ τοῦτον καὶ πάντας, ἐατέον.
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