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ὅπλα γὰρ συγγενικὰ καί τάξεις ἀδελφαὶ καί κοινὰ σημεῖα καί μιᾶς πόλεως εὐανδρία τοσαύτη καί δύναμις αὐτὴ πρὸς ἑαυτὴν συνέπιπτεν, ἐπιδεικνυμένη τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν, ὡς ἐν πάθει γενομένη τυφλόν ἐστι καὶ μανιῶδες, ἦν μὲν γὰρ ἤδη καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν χρῄζουσιν ἄρχειν καί ἀπολαύειν τῶν κατειργασμένων τὸ πλεῖστον καί κράτιστον ἀρετῇ γῆς καί θαλάσσης ὑπήκοον, ἦν δ᾽ ἔτι τροπαίων καί θριάμβων ἔρωτι βουλομένους χαρίζεσθαι καί διψῶντας ἐμπίπλασθαι Παρθικῶν πολέμων ἢ Γερμανικῶν.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1917. 5.
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