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Ἐλεεινὴ δὲ ἦν ἡ τροφὴ καὶ δακρύων ἄξιος ἡ θέα, τῶν μὲν
δυνατωτέρων πλεονεκτούντων, τῶν δ᾽ ἀσθενῶν ὀδυρομένων. πάντων
μὲν δὴ παθῶν ὑπερίσταται λιμός, οὐδὲν δ᾽ οὕτως ἀπόλλυσιν ὡς
αἰδῶ: τὸ γὰρ ἄλλως ἐντροπῆς ἄξιον ἐν τούτῳ καταφρονεῖται.
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