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μήτε τὸν τρίβωνα μήτε τὴν πήραν μήτε τὴν βακτηρίαν
καὶ τὴν κόμην ἀγαπάτω μόνον, ἵν̓ ὥσπερ
ἐν κώμῃ βαδίζῃ κουρείων καὶ διδασκαλείων ἐνδεεῖ
ἄκαρτος καὶ ἀγράμματος, ἀλλὰ τὸν λόγον ἀντὶ
τοῦ σκήπτρου καὶ τὴν ἔνστασιν ἀντὶ τῆς πήρας
τῆς κυνικῆς ὑπολαμβανέτω φιλοσοφίας γνωρίσματα.
παρρησίᾳ δὲ χρηστέον αὐτῷ πρῶτον
ὁπόσου πέφυκεν ἄξιος ἐπιδειξαμένῳ, ὥσπερ οἶμαι
Κράτης καὶ Διογένης, οἳ πᾶσαν μὲν ἀπειλὴν
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