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περὶ πλείονος ποιοῦνται τοῦ δοκεῖν ἐν τοῖς ἐπαίνοις
χαρίζεσθαι. οὐδὲ γὰρ τοῦτο ἔνεστιν εἰπεῖν,
ὡς ἀνωφελὲς χρῆμα ἡ εὐφημία οὔτε τοῖς ὑπὲρ ὧν
γέγονεν οὔτε αὖ τοῖς ἄλλοις, ὁπόσοι τὴν ἴσην
ἐκείνοις κατὰ τὸν βίον τάξιν εἰληχότες τῆς ἐν ταῖς
πράξεσιν ἀρετῆς ἀπελείφθησαν. τοῖς μὲν γὰρ
ἄκουσμά τέ ἐστιν ἡδὺ καὶ προθυμοτέρους παρέχει
περὶ τὰ καλὰ καὶ διαφέροντα τῶν ἔργων: τοὺς
δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ ζηλοῦν ἐκεῖνα πειθοῖ καὶ βίᾳ παρώρμησεν
ὁρῶντας ὅτι μηδὲ τῶν προλαβόντων
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τινὲς ἀπεστερήθησαν ὃ μόνον δοῦναί τε καὶ λαβεῖν
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