ἔπληξε. καίτοι εἰ μὲν ἐπ’ ἐλέγχῳ παρῆν, πῶς οὐκ ἔπληξεν; εἰ δὲ οὐδεὶς ἐξελήλεγκτο, τί παρῆν; ἢ ἵνα ἐλέγξειεν; καὶ μὴν οὐδὲν ἤλεγξεν. ἢ τοῦτο μὲν ἂν ἐποίησεν, ἡ χάρις δὲ ἐδόθη τῷ παρακαθημένῳ; οὐκοῦν καὶ αὐτὸς ἡμῖν τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα χαριζομένων γέγονας.
ἐγὼ τοῦτον, εἰ μὴ δύναμαι τοιαῦτα ἀδικοῦντα φιλεῖν, ἴσως οὐκ ἀδικῶ.
Oratio 28. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2014.
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