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μήκους τῆς μὲν εἰρημένης ἧττον ἀναγκαία, προσεχεστέρα
δὲ οἶμαι τῷ παρόντι λόγῳ: τυχὸν δὲ
οὐδὲ ταύτης ἀνηκόους ὑμᾶς εἶναι χρή.
Πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὑπομνησθῶμεν μικρὰ τῶν
ἔμπροσθεν, ὁπότε τῆς ὑπὲρ τούτων διηγήσεως
ἀπεπαυόμεθα. ἔφαμέν που χρῆναι τοὺς σπουδαίους
τῶν ἀληθινῶν ἐπαίνων ἀκροατὰς οὐκ εἰς
ταῦτα ὁρᾶν, ὧν ἡ τύχη καὶ τοῖς μοχθηροῖς πολλάκις
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μεταδίδωσιν, εἰς δὲ τὰς ἕξεις καὶ τὴν ἀρετήν,
ἧς μόνοις μέτεστι τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἀνδράσι καὶ φύσει
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