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καὶ ὑπὸ γῆς χρυσὸν ἀντάξιον οὐδ̓ ἀργύρου πλῆθος,
ὁπόσος νῦν ἐστιν ὑπ̓ αὐγὰς ἡλίου, καὶ εἴ ποτε
ἄλλος προσγένοιτο, τῶν μεγίστων ὀρῶν αὐταῖς,
οἶμαι, πέτραις καὶ δένδρεσι μεταβαλλόντων εἰς
τήνδε τὴν φύσιν, οὐδὲ ἀρχὴν τὴν μεγίστην οὐδὲ
ἄλλο τῶν πάντων οὐδέν: ἐκ μὲν γὰρ δὴ ἐκείνης
ταῦτά μοι γέγονε πολλὰ καὶ ὅσα οὐδεὶς ἂν
ἤλπισεν, οὐ σφόδρα πολλῶν δεομένῳ γε οὐδὲ
ἐμαυτὸν ἐλπίσι τοιαύταις τρέφοντι.
Εὔνοιαν δὲ ἀληθινὴν οὐκ ἔστι πρὸς χρυσίον ἀμείψασθαι,
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