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αὐτά που σχεδὸν φῂς τὰ γινόμενα: ὁπόταν δ᾽
οὖν αὐτόπους βαδίζῃς, πῶς οὕτω τυφλὸς ὢν εὑρίσκεις τὴν ὁδόν; ἢ πῶς διαγινώσκεις ἐφ᾽ οὓς ἄν σε
ὁ Ζεὺς ἀποστείλῃ κρίνας εἶναι τοῦ πλουτεῖν ἀξίους;
Πλοῦτος
οἴει γὰρ εὑρίσκειν με ... οἵτινές εἰσι; μὰ τὸν Δία οὐ πάνυ: οὐ γὰρ ἂν Ἀριστείδην καταλιπὼν
Ἱππονίκῳ καὶ Καλλίᾳ προσῄειν καὶ πολλοῖς ἄλλοις Ἀθηναίων οὐδὲ ὀβολοῦ ἀξίοις.
Ἑρμῆς
πλὴν ἀλλὰ τί πράττεις καταπεμφθείς;
Πλοῦτος
ἄνω καὶ κάτω πλανῶμαι, περινοστῶν ἄχρι ἂν λάθω τινὶ ἐμπεσών ὁ δέ, ὅστις ἂν πρῶτός μοι περιτύχῃ, ἀπαγαγὼν παρ᾽ αὑτὸν ἔχει, σὲ τὸν Ἑρμῆν ἐπὶ τῷ παραλόγῳ τοῦ κέρδους προσκυνῶν.
Ἑρμῆς
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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