οὐκοῦν οἱ μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ πρὸς ἔλεον ῥέπειν ἱκέτευον, ὁ δ’ ὡς ἀξίοις καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα λαβεῖν
ἐχαρίζετο, καὶ εἶχον τοὺς μὲν πολίτας αἱ πόλεις, οἱ δὲ τὴν τοῦ καὶ δεδεῆσθαι καὶ τετυχηκέναι δόξαν, ὁ δὲ τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ νικῆσαι τὸν θυμὸν εὔκλειαν.
ἐχαρίζετο, καὶ εἶχον τοὺς μὲν πολίτας αἱ πόλεις, οἱ δὲ τὴν τοῦ καὶ δεδεῆσθαι καὶ τετυχηκέναι δόξαν, ὁ δὲ τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ νικῆσαι τὸν θυμὸν εὔκλειαν.
157. Οὐ μὴν ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, ὡς ἡ χρηστότης ἐπι-
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χώριον ἡμῖν, τὴν δὲ ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς ἀνδρίαν μετὰ τῆς τῶν ὁπλιτικῶν μελέτης ἀποβέβληκεν ἡ πόλις, ἀλλὰ τὴν μὲν ἔπαυσεν ὁ νόμος, τὴν δὲ ἐτήρησεν ἡ φύσις.
Oratio 11. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2014.
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