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φέρωσιν αὐτοὶ ξυνθέντες, τῷ ξένῳ τοὺς ἀκούοντας
ψυχαγωγήσαντες πλέον θαυμάζονται: οἱ δὲ τῆς
τέχνης ἀπολαῦσαί φασιν ἐν τῷ δύνασθαι περὶ τῶν
μικρῶν μειζόνως διελθεῖν, καὶ τὸ μέγεθος ἀφελεῖν
τῶν ἔργων τῷ λόγῳ, καὶ ὅλως ἀντιτάττειν τῇ
τῶν πραγμάτων φύσει τὴν δύναμιν τῶν λόγων.
Ἐγὼ δὲ εἰ μὲν ἑώρων ταύτης ἐμαυτὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ
παρόντος ἐν χρείᾳ τῆς τέχνης, ἦγον ἂν τὴν προσήκουσαν
ἡσυχίαν τοῖς ἀμελετήτως ἔχουσι τῶν
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