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τοῦ λόγου δίκαιός ἐστιν, οὐ μόνον ὅτι πάντων προήκει καθ᾽ ἡλικίαν καὶ τυγχάνει κατακείμενος πρῶτος, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι τὴν μεγίστην καὶ τελειοτάτην ἀρχὴν ἄρχει νόμους Ἀθηναίοις θέμενος, ὁ 1 Νειλόξενος ἡσυχῇ πρὸς ἐμὲ ‘πολλὰ γ᾽ ’ εἶπεν ‘ὦ Διόκλεις πιστεύεται ψευδῶς , καὶ χαίρουσιν οἱ πολλοὶ λόγους ἀνεπιτηδείους περὶ σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν αὐτοί τε πλάττοντες καὶ δεχόμενοι παρ᾽ ἑτέρων ἑτοίμως, 2 οἷα καὶ πρὸς ἡμᾶς εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀπηγγέλη περὶ Χίλωνος, ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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