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σχῆμα περιβαλὼν ἡνιόχου σεμνοῦ καὶ ἐπιστήμονος,
ὃς εἰ μὲν ἄφρων εἴη παντελῶς καὶ ἀνόητος,
χαίρει καὶ γέγηθε καὶ μετέωρος ὑπὸ τῶν ἱματίων
καθάπερ πτερῶν ἐπαίρεται, συνέσεως δὲ εἰ καὶ
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ἐπὶ σμικρὸν μετέχοι καὶ σώφρονος νοῦ, σφόδρα εὐλαβεῖται,
μήπως αὑτόν τε τρώσῃ σύν θ̓ ἅρματα ἄξῃ,
καὶ τῷ μὲν ἡνιόχῳ ζημίας, αὑτῷ δὲ αἰσχρᾶς καὶ
ἀδόξου συμφορᾶς αἴτιος γένηται. ταῦτα ἐγὼ
ἐλογιζόμην ἐν νυκτὶ βουλεύων καὶ δἰ ἡμέρας κατ̓
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