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πλὴν ὅσον περὶ λογισμοὺς καὶ συμβόλαια, τυφλοῦ
δικαίως καὶ λεγομένου καὶ γραφομένου τοῦ πλούτου τυφλότερος
ἐραστής, περὶ πάντα λυττῶν κτήματα καὶ οὐδὲν ἀπόβλητον ἡγούμενος,
οὐχ ὥσπερ τὴν μαγνῆτιν λίθον ἕλκειν φασὶ πρὸς αὑτὴν τὸν
σίδηρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ χαλκὸν καὶ μόλυβδον προσαγόμενος, κἂν ψάμμον
ἢ λίθον διδῷ τις, πανταχῇ καὶ περὶ πάντα σχεδόν τι τὸ ἔχειν τοῦ
μὴ ἔχειν λυσιτελέστερόν τε καὶ ἄμεινον ἡγούμενος, μάλιστα δὲ περὶ
τὴν τοῦ ἀργυρίου κτῆσιν ἔκφρων καὶ συντεταμένος, ὅτι δὴ τάχιστα
κἀδαπανώτατα πρόεισι, σὺν ἡμέρᾳ καὶ νυκτὶ προβαῖνον καὶ φθάνον
οἶμαι τὰς τῆς σελήνης περιόδους,
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