ὅταν 1 δὲ κρηπὶς μὴ καταβληθῇ γένουςκαλὸς οὖν παρρησίας θησαυρὸς εὐγένεια, ἧς δὴ πλεῖστον λόγον ποιητέον τοῖς νομίμου παιδοποιίας γλιχομένοις. καὶ μὲν δὴ τὰ φρονήματα τῶν ὑπόχαλκον
ὀρθῶς, ἀνάγκη δυστυχεῖν τοὺς ἐκγόνους
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γενέσθαι πατράσιν ὑποθείμην ἂν ἔγωγε μὴ ταῖς
τυχούσαις γυναιξὶ συνοικεῖν, λέγω δ᾽ οἷον ἑταίραις ἢ παλλακαῖς τοῖς γὰρ
μητρόθεν ἢ πατρόθεν οὐκ εὖ γεγονόσιν ἀνεξάλειπτα παρακολουθεῖ τὰ τῆς
δυσγενείας ὀνείδη παρὰ πάντα τὸν βίον καὶ
πρόχειρα τοῖς ἐλέγχειν καὶ λοιδορεῖσθαι βουλομένοις. καὶ σοφὸς ἦν ἄρ᾽ ὁ
ποιητὴς ὅς φησιν
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