οἱ κόλακές εἰσι τῶν ἐχόντων οὐσίας
σκώληκες. εἰς οὖν ἄκακον ἀνθρώπου τρόπον
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καὶ λωποδυτῶν, ἔτι δὲ ψευδομαρτύρων καὶ
[p. 146] συκοφαντῶν καὶ ψευδοκλητήρων. οὓς ἐγὼ πείθομαι ὡς ἐπομβρίαν ἤ τι δεινὸν ἐκ θεοῦ τὴν προειρημένην πᾶσαν εἰσηγήσασθαι κολακείαν. περὶ ἧς καλῶς ὁ Διογένης ἔλεγε πολὺ κρεῖττον εἶναι ἐς κόρακας ἀπελθεῖν ἢ ἐς κόλακας, οἳ ζῶντας ἔτι τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς τῶν ἀνδρῶν κατεσθίουσι. φησὶ γοῦν καὶ Ἀναξίλας ἐν ... ,:
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