καὶ τοιοῦτος ὢν ἔσχον ἃ ἐβουλόμην, καὶ ἐμοὶ ὁ δαίμων ἐχαρίσατο οἷον μηδὲ τοῖς ἐν τυ- ραννίσι καὶ δυναστείαις. ἐκεῖνοι μέν γε φραξάμενοι τοῖς ὅπλοις τρυφῶσι καὶ πλείων καιρὸς αὐτοῖς τοῦ
δρᾶσαί τι κακὸν ἢ τοῦ ζῆσαι μεθ’ ἡδονῆς, ἐμοὶ δ’ ἄφοβος ἡ τρυφὴ καὶ γυμνὴ δορυφόρων ἦν καὶ δρᾶσαι μὲν οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ἐνθυμηθῆναι δεινὸν ἦν, λογίζεσθαι δὲ καὶ πράττειν ἀγαθόν.
δρᾶσαί τι κακὸν ἢ τοῦ ζῆσαι μεθ’ ἡδονῆς, ἐμοὶ δ’ ἄφοβος ἡ τρυφὴ καὶ γυμνὴ δορυφόρων ἦν καὶ δρᾶσαι μὲν οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ἐνθυμηθῆναι δεινὸν ἦν, λογίζεσθαι δὲ καὶ πράττειν ἀγαθόν.
Declamatio 29. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2016.
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