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τοῦτο δὲ ὤνησε μὲν ἐν τῷ παρόντι καὶ κατέπαυσε
τὸν πόλεμον αὐτοῖς, ὀλίγῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἔγνωσαν
οὐκ ἀπαλλαγὴν ἔχθρας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐγκλημάτων καὶ
διαφορᾶς ἀρχὴν πεποιημένοι τὴν νέμησιν. οἷς
γάρ οὐ πέλαγος, οὐκ ὄρος, οὐκ ἀοίκητος ἐρημία
πέρας ἐστὶ πλεονεξίας, οὐδ᾽ οἱ διαιροῦντες Εὐρώπην
καὶ Ἀσίαν τέρμονες ὁρίζουσι τὰς ἐπιθυμίας,
πῶς ἂν ἁπτόμενοι καὶ ψαύοντες ἀλλήλων ἀτρεμοῖεν
ἐν τοῖς παροῦσι μὴ ἀδικοῦντες,
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
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