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συγκατορθοῦσι, τὰ δὲ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἔργα μόνου τέ
ἐστι τοῦ δράσαντος, καὶ ὁ ἐκ τούτων ἔπαινος
ἀληθὴς καθεστὼς ἴδιός ἐστι τοῦ κεκτημένου. οὐκοῦν
ἐπειδὴ ταῦθ̓ ἡμῖν σαφῶς διώρισται, τῶν λόγων ἄρξομαι.
Ὁ μὲν οὖν τῶν ἐπαίνων νόμος οὐδὲν ἔλαττον
τῆς πατρίδος ἢ τῶν προγόνων ἀξιοῖ μεμνῆσθαι.
ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ οἶδα, τίνα χρὴ πρῶτον ὑπολαβεῖν
πατρίδα σήν: ἔθνη γὰρ μυρία περὶ ταύτης ἀμφισβητεῖ
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