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τῇ ἐσχάτῃ θᾶττον ταπεινοῖ ταλαιπωρίᾳ, ὑποποδίους
αὐτοὺς τιθεὶς καὶ ἐπίχαρμα πάντων τῶν
ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν. τοιαῦται οὖν αἱ χάριτες αὐτοῦ:
τοιαῦτα τὰ δωρήματα αὐτοῦ. ἐχθρὸς γάρ ἐστι
τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπίβουλος πάντων τῶν
ποιούντων αὐτοῦ τὰ θελήματα, καὶ καταράσσων
δειῶς τοὺς ἐπερειδομένους ἐπ̓ αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκνευρίζων
τοὺς ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ πεποιθότας. συνθήκας τίθησι
μετὰ τῶν ἀφρόνων καὶ ἐπαγγελείας ψευδεῖς,
ἵνα μόνον αὐτοὺς ἐπισπάσηται: ἐκείνων δὲ
ἀγνωμονησάντων, ἀγνώμων αὐτὸς καὶ ψευδὴς
διαδείκνυται, μηδὲν ὧν συνέθετο ἀποπληρῶν.
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σήμερον γὰρ βρώμασιν ἡδέσι τὸν φάρυγγα
αὐτῶν καταλεάνας, κατάβρωμα τοῖς ἐχθροῖς
ὅλους αὐτοὺς αὔριον τίθησι. σήμερον βασιλέα
τινὰ δείκνυσι, καὶ αὔριον δουλείᾳ τινὶ πονηρᾷ
παραδίδωσι: σήμερον μυρίοις εὐθηνούμενον ἀγαθοῖς,
1 αὔριον προσαίτην καὶ οἰκοτρίβων οἰκότριβα.
1 Demosth. 170, 16
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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