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πλὴν ὅσῳ πολυτελέστερα, ἅτε οἶμαι ποιητὰ ξὺν
τέχνῃ, τῆς τῶν αὐτοφυῶν ἔλαττον μετεῖχε χάριτος
καὶ ἧττον εἶναι ἐδόκει ἐκείνων ἐράσμια. τῆς
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τρυφῆς δὲ αὖ καὶ τοῦ πλούτου καὶ προσέτι τῆς
περὶ τὰς νήσους ἐκείνας εἰρήνης καὶ ἡσυχίας τίνα
οὐκ ἂν ἡττηθῆναι δοκεῖτε τοσούτους ἀνατλάντα
πόνους καὶ κινδύνους καὶ ἔτι ὑφορώμενον δεινότερα
πείσεσθαι, τὰ μὲν ἐν θαλάττῃ τὰ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας
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