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ἐνθυμοῦνται γὰρ ὅτι κατορθώσασι μὲν <ἔσται>1 τὰ ἀλλότρια ἔχειν, διαμαρτοῦσι δὲ μικρὸς ὁ κίνδυνος: μαρτυρεῖν δὲ καὶ τὰ ψευδῆ τινες ἐθέλουσιν, οἱ δ᾽ ἔλεγχοι περὶ ἀφανῶν. συνελόντι πολὺ τὸ διαφέρον κατὰ γένος ἢ κατὰ δόσιν ἀμφισβητεῖν. ἀλλ᾽ ὑμᾶς χρή, ὦ ἄνδρες, πρῶτον μὲν τὰς διαθήκας σκοπεῖν, εἰ δοκοῦσι γενέσθαι: τοῦτο γὰρ οἵ τε νόμοι <ὑφ>ηγοῦνται καὶ δικαιότατόν ἐστι.
Isaeus. Isaeus with an English translation by Edward Seymour Forster, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.
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