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ὁρᾶτε οὖν ὅπως μηκέτι ὑμᾶς αἰτιάσωνται, ἀλλὰ τιμήσωσι
καὶ φιλήσωσι τῶν ὀλίγων τούτων μεταλαμβάνοντες, [p. 413]
ὧν ὑμῖν μὲν ἡ δαπάνη ἀνεπαίσθητος, ἐκείνοις
δὲ ἐν καιρῷ τῆς χρείας ἡ δόσις ἀείμνηστος. ἄλλως τε οὐδ᾽
ἂν οἰκεῖν δύναισθε τὰς πόλεις μὴ οὐχὶ καὶ πενήτων συμπολιτευομένων,
καὶ μυρία πρὸς τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ὑμῖν
συντελούντων, οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἔχοιτε τοὺς θαυμάζοντας ὑμῶν
τὸν πλοῦτον, ἢν μόνοι καὶ ἰδίᾳ καὶ ὑπὸ σκότῳ πλουτῆτε.
ἰδέτωσαν οὖν πολλοὶ καὶ θαυμασάτωσαν ὑμῶν τὸν ἄργυρον
καὶ τὰς τραπέζας καὶ προπινόντων φιλοτησίας,
μεταξὺ πίνοντες περισκοπείτωσαν τὸ ἔκπωμα καὶ τὸ βάρος
ἴστωσαν αὐτοὶ διαβαστάσαντες καὶ τῆς ἱστορίας τὸ
ἀκριβὲς καὶ τὸν χρυσὸν ὅσος, ὃς ἐπανθεῖ τῇ τέχνῃ. πρὸς
γὰρ τῷ χρηστοὺς καὶ φιλανθρώπους ἀκούειν καὶ τοῦ
φθονεῖσθαι ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔξω γενήσεσθε. τίς γὰρ ἄν φθονήσειε
τῷ κοινωνοῦντι καὶ διδόντι τῶν μετρίων; τίς δ᾽
οὐκ ἄν εὔξαιτο εἰς τὸ μήκιστον διαβιῶναι αὐτὸν ἀπολαύοντα
τῶν ἀγαθῶν; ὡς δὲ νῶν ἔχετε, ἀμάρτυρος μὲν
ἡ εὐδαιμονία, ἐπίφθονος δὲ ὁ πλοῦτος, ἀηδὴς δὲ ὁ βίος.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol III. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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