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εὐφυεῖς καὶ γενναίους τῆς ποίμνης φύλακας,
ἔργων τε αὑτῷ κοινωνοὺς καὶ ἐπικούρους τῷ
πλήθει νομίζων, ἀλλ̓ οὐχὶ ἁρπακτῆράς τινας
οὐδὲ λυμεῶνας τῶν ποιμνίων καθάπερ οἱ λύκοι
καὶ κυνῶν οἱ φαυλότατοι, οἳ τῆς αὑτῶν φύσεως
καὶ τροφῆς ἐπιλαθόμενοι ἀντὶ σωτήρων καὶ
προαγωνιστῶν ἀνεφάνησαν αὐτοὶ δηλήμονες:
οὐδὲ μὴν ὑπνηλοὺς ἀνέξεται εἶναι καὶ ἀργοὺς
καὶ ἀπολέμους, ὅπως ἂν μὴ φυλάκων ἑτέρων
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