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νῦν ἀπελέλειψο. καὶ ὁ τῦφος δὲ καὶ ἡ μεγαλαυχία καὶ ἡ κακοήθεια καὶ τὸ βρενθύεσθαι καὶ λαρυγγίζειν ἀπέστω, καὶ τὸ διασιλλαίνειν τὰ τῶν ἄλλων καὶ οἴεσθαι ὅτι πρῶτος ἔσῃ αὐτός, ἢν τὰ πάντων συκοφαντῇς. καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖνο οὐ μικρόν, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸ μέγιστον ἁμαρτάνεις, ὅτι οὐ πρότερον τὰς διανοίας τῶν λέξεων προπαρεσκευασμένος ἔπειτα κατακοσμεῖς τοῖς ῥήμασιν καὶ τοῖς ὀνόμασιν, ἀλλὰ ἤν που ῥῆμα ἔκφυλον εὕρῃς ἢ αὐτὸς πλασάμενος οἰηθῇς εἶναι καλόν, τούτῳ ζητεῖς διάνοιαν ἐφαρμόσαι καὶ ζημίαν ἡγῇ, ἂν μὴ παραβύσῃς αὐτό που, κἂν τῷ λεγομένῳ μηδ᾽ ἀναγκαῖον ᾖ, οἷον πρῴην τὸν θυμάλωπα ^ οὐδὲ εἰδὼς ὅ τι σημαίνει,
ἀπέρριψας οὐδὲν ἐοικότα τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ. καὶ
οἱ μὲν ἰδιῶται πάντες ἐτεθήπεσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ ξένου πληγέντες τὰ ὦτα, οἱ πεπαιδευμένοι δὲ ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις, καὶ σοὶ καὶ τοῖς ἐπαινοῦσιν, ἐγέλων.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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