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τοιοῦτοι δὲ ὄντες ἀνθρώπων μὲν ἁπάντων καταφρονοῦσι, περὶ θεῶν δὲ ἀλλόκοτα διεξέρχονται: καὶ συνάγοντες εὐεξαπάτητα μειράκια
τήν τε πολυθρύλητον ἀρετὴν τραγῳδοῦσι καὶ τὰς τῶν λόγων ἀπορίας ἐκδιδάσκουσι, καὶ πρὸς μὲν
[p. 318] τοὺς μαθητὰς καρτερίαν ἀεὶ καὶ σωφροσύνην καὶ
τὸ αὐταρκὲς ^ ἐπαινοῦσι καὶ πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῆς καταπτύουσι, μόνοι δὲ καὶ καθ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς γενόμενοι
τί ἂν λέγοι τις ὅσα μὲν ἐσθίουσιν, ὅσα δὲ ἀφροδισιάζουσιν, ὅπως δὲ περιλείχουσι τῶν ὀβολῶν τὸν ῥύπον; τὸ δὲ πάντων δεινότατον, ὅτι μηδὲν αὐτοὶ μήτε κοινὸν μήτε ἴδιον ἐπιτελοῦντες, ἀλλ᾽ ἀχρεῖοι καὶ περιττοὶ καθεστῶτες οὔτε ποτ᾽ ἐν πολέμῳ ἐναρίθμιοι οὔτ᾽ ἐνὶ βουλῇ, ὅμως τῶν ἄλλων κατηγοροῦσι καὶ λόγους τινὰς πικροὺς συμφορήσαντες καὶ λοιδορίας καινὰς ἐκμεμελετηκότες ἐπιτιμῶσι καὶ ὀνειδίζουσι τοῖς πλησίον, καὶ οὗτος αὐτῶν τὰ πρῶτα φέρεσθαι δοκεῖ ὃς ἂν μεγαλοφωνότατός τε ᾖ καὶ ἰταμώτατος
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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