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αὐτῷ τιμητῇ γενέσθαι: γῆν γὰρ αὐτὰ οἶδεν
ἀμφότερα. τὸ σπανιώτερον δὲ καὶ τὸ ῥᾷον ἀνθρώπων
εἶναι κενοδοξίας ταῦτα καὶ ἀμαθίας νενόμικεν
ἔργα: τὸ αἰσχρὸν ἢ καλὸν οὐκ ἐν τοῖς
ἐπαινουμένοις ἢ ψεγομένοις τίθεται, ἀλλ̓ ἐν τῇ
φύσει: φεύγει τὰς περιττὰς τροφάς: ἀποστρέφεται
δὲ τὰ ἀφροδίσια. βιαζομένου δὲ τοῦ
σώματος, οὐ δόξῃ προστέτηκεν οὐδὲ περιμένει τὸν
μάγειρον καὶ τὰ ὑποτρίμματα καὶ τὴν κνίσσαν,
οὐδὲ τὴν Φρύνην οὐδὲ τὴν Λαΐδα οὐδὲ τὴν τοῦ
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