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ἄλλοι δὲ πενίαν μὲν αὐτὴν οὐκ ἂν. φοβηθῆναι
οὐδὲ καταπλαγῆναί φασιν, εἰ ἐδύναντο τοῖς ἄλλοις ὁμοίως πονοῦντες ἐκπορίζειν τὰ ἄλφιτα, νῦν δέ,
πεπονηκέναι γὰρ αὐτοῖς τὰ σώματα ἢ ὑπὸ γήρως
ἢ ὑπὸ νόσων, ἐπὶ τήνδε ῥᾴστην οὖσαν τὴν
μισθοφορὰν ἀπηντηκέναι. φέρ᾽ οὖν ἴδωμεν εἰ ἀληθῆ λέγουσιν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ῥᾴστου, μὴ πολλὰ μηδὲ πλείω τῶν ἄλλων πονοῦσι, περιγίγνεται αὐτοῖς τὰ
διδόμενα: εὐχῇ γὰρ ἂν ἐοικότα εἴη ταῦτά γε, μὴ
[p. 424] πονήσαντα μηδὲ καμόντα ἕτοιμον ἀργύριον λαβεῖν.
τὸ δ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ ῥηθῆναι κατ᾽ ἀξίαν ἀδύνατον τοσαῦτα πονοῦσιν καὶ κάμνουσιν ἐν ταῖς
συνουσίαις, ὥστε πλείονος ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦτο μάλιστα τῆς ὑγιείας δεῖσθαι, μυρίων ὄντων ὁσημέραι τῶν ἐπιτριβόντων τὸ σῶμα καὶ πρὸς ἐσχάτην ἀπόγνωσιν καταπονούντων. λέξομεν δὲ αὐτὰ
ἐν τῷ προσήκοντι καιρῷ, ἐπειδὰν καὶ τὰς ἄλλας
αὐτῶν δυσχερείας διεξίωμεν: τὸ δὲ νῦν εἶναι ἱκανὸν
ἦν ὑποδεῖξαι ὡς οὐδ᾽ οἱ διὰ ταύτην λέγοντες αὑτοὺς ἀποδίδοσθαι τὴν πρόφασιν ἀληθεύοιεν ἄν.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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