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καὶ ὁ Περικλῆς, καὶ θαυμάζω γ᾽, ἔφη, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἡ πόλις ὅπως ποτ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἔκλινεν. ἐγὼ μέν, ἔφη, οἶμαι, ὁ Σωκράτης, ὥσπερ καὶ ἀθληταί τινες διὰ τὸ πολὺ ὑπερενεγκεῖν καὶ κρατιστεῦσαι καταρρᾳθυμήσαντες ὑστερίζουσι τῶν ἀντιπάλων, οὕτω καὶ Ἀθηναίους πολὺ διενεγκόντας ἀμελῆσαι ἑαυτῶν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο χείρους γεγονέναι.
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