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τὸ συμφέρον. ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ ἔθους οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ὅτι αὑτούς,
εἴπερ ἄρα, ἀφῄρηνται τοῦθ᾽ ὑπὲρ οὗ μήτε ἔκριναν μήτε ἐβουλεύσαντο.
καὶ μὴν ἐκεῖ γε παραμυθίαν τινὰ ἔσχον τὸ τοῦ πράγματος
ἴσον καὶ κοινόν, ἁπάντων ὁμοίως ἀφαιρουμένων τὰς ἀτελείας,
παρ᾽ ὑμῖν δὲ ὃς ἂν τύχῃ τῆς εἰκόνος ἀφῄρηται καὶ πολλάκισὁ βελτίων. ἔτι δὲ ἐκεῖ μὲν οὐχ ἵνα ἄλλος λάβῃ, τὸν ἔχοντα ἀφῃρεῖτο
ὁ νόμος: παρ᾽ ὑμῖν δὲ τούτου χάριν γίγνεται, ὃ τῷ παντὶ
λυπρότερόν ἐστι τοῦ μόνον ἀποστερεῖσθαι.
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