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ἢ κολάζων ἐγκρατῶς καὶ ἀπαραιτήτως ξυμπείθει
πείθει καὶ βιάζεται, ἀλλὰ πολὺ πρότερον αὑτὸν
τοιοῦτον ἐπιδεικνύων, ἀπεχόμενος μὲν ἡδονῆς
ἁπάσης, χρημάτων δὲ οὐδὲν οὔτε σμικρὸν οὔτε
μεῖζον ἐπιθυμῶν καὶ ἀφαιρούμενος τῶν ὑπηκόων,
ὕπνῳ τε εἴκων ὀλίγα καὶ τὴν ἀργίαν ἀποστρεφόμενος,
ἀληθῶς γὰρ οὐδεὶς οὐδενὸς εἰς οὐδὲν ἄξιος
καθεύδων ἀνὴρ ἢ καὶ ἐγρηγορὼς τοῖς καθεύδουσιν
ἐμφερής. πειθομένους δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξει καλῶς αὑτῷ
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