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φρενωθῆναι. οὐκ οἶσθα, ὦ Πρόβε, ὅτι τὰ πικρὰ
φάρμακα μιγνύντες οἱ ἰατροὶ τῷ μελικράτῳ προσφέρουσι;
σὺ δὲ αὐστηρὸς ἦσθα λίαν καὶ τραχὺς
ἀεὶ εἴκων τε οὐδαμοῦ: πέπονθας οὖν ἄδικα μέν,
εἰκότα δὲ ὅμως. οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν οὔτε ἵππων οὔτε
βοῶν ἄρχειν οὔτε ἡμιόνων, ἥκιστα δὲ ἀνθρώπων,
μή τι καὶ τῶν κεχαρισμένων αὐτοῖς ξυγχωροῦντα,
ὥσπερ ἔσθ̓ ὅτε τοῖς ἀσθενοῦσιν οἱ ἰατροὶ μικρὰ
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