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λόγος ἐστί, πρῶτον ἔργον ἐρῶ σοι Διογένους, ἐφ̓
ᾧ γελάσονται μὲν οἱ πολλοί, ἐμοὶ δὲ εἶναι δοκεῖ
σεμνότατον. ἐπειδὴ γάρ τις τῶν νέων ἐν ὄχλῳ,
παρόντος καὶ τοῦ Διογένους, ἀπέπαρδεν, ἐπάταξεν
ἐκεῖνος τῇ βακτηρίᾳ φάς: εἶτα, ὦ κάθαρμα, μηδὲν
ἄξιον τοῦ δημοσίᾳ τὰ τοιαῦτα θαρσεῖν πράξας
ἐντεῦθεν ἡμῖν ἄρχῃ δόξης καταφρονεῖν; οὕτως
ᾤετο χρῆναι πρότερον ἡδονῆς καὶ θυμοῦ κρείττονα
γενέσθαι, πρὶν ἐπὶ τὸ τελειότατον ἐλθεῖν τῶν
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