λαμπρῶς ὁρῶμεν, τοῦτον ἀνακρίνειν πόθεν
ζῇ καὶ τί ποιῶν. κἂν μὲν οὐσίαν ἔχῃ
ἧς αἱ πρόσοδοι λύουσι τἀναλώματα,
ἐᾶν ἀπολαύειν τοῦτον ἤδη τὸν βίον [p. 26]
ἐὰν δ᾽ ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐσίαν δαπανῶν τύχῃ,
ἀπεῖπον αὐτῷ τοῦτο μὴ ποιεῖν ἔτι.
ὃς ἂν δὲ μὴ πίθητ᾽, ἐπέβαλον ζημίαν.
ἐὰν δὲ μηδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν ἔχων ζῇ πολυτελῶς,
τῷ δημίῳ παρέδωκαν αὐτόν. β. Ἡράκλεις.
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