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Πολλάκις δὲ καὶ τὰ μὲν πράγματα ἀτερπῆ ἐστι φύσει καὶ στυγνά, ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ λέγοντος γίνεται ἱλαρά. τοῦτο δὲ παρὰ Ξενοφῶντι δοκεῖ πρώτῳ εὑρῆσθαι: λαβὼν γὰρ ἀγέλαστον πρόσωπον καὶ στυγνόν, τὸν Ἀγλαϊτάδαν, τὸν Πέρσην, γέλωτα εὗρεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ χαρίεντα, ὅτι ῾ῥᾷόν ἐστι πῦρ ἐκτρῖψαι ἀπὸ σοῦ ἢ γέλωτα.᾿
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