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Διογένης εἴτε ἀπέπαρδεν εἴτε ἀπεπάτησεν εἴτε
ἄλλο τι τοιοῦτον ἔπραξεν, ὥσπερ οὖν λέγουσιν,
ἐν ἀγορᾷ, τὸν ἐκείνων πατῶν τῦφον ἐποίει, διδάσκων
αὐτούς, ὅτι πολλῷ φαυλότερα καὶ χαλεπώτερα
τούτων ἐπιτηδεύουσι. τὰ μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῖν
πᾶσι κατὰ φύσιν, τὰ δὲ ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν οὐδενί,
πάντα δὲ ἐκ διαστροφῆς ἐπιτηδεύεται.
Ἀλλ̓ οἱ νῦν τοῦ Διογένους ζηλωταὶ τὸ ῥᾷστον
καὶ κουφότατον ἑλόμενοι τὸ κρεῖττον οὐκ εἶδον:
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