καὶ τί δεῖ τἄλλα λέγειν; ἀλλὰ τὸ τὸν οἰκέτην ἀποκτεῖναι καθεύδοντα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἀποπνῖξαι καὶ πρός γε αὑτὸν ἀποσφάξαι πόνων πολλῶν ἂν χρῄζοι καὶ πραγματείας; καὶ τί τού-
του, ὦ ἄνδρες, ῥᾷον; ἕκαστος οὖν ἡμῶν ὁ μὲν τοῦτο, ὁ δὲ ἐκεῖνο πεποίηκεν, ὁ δὲ πάντα ἐφεξῆς; καίτοι γε χρῆν, εἰ τὸ δύνασθαι πράττειν ἔπειθεν. ἀλλ’ οὐχ αἱ δυνάμεις ἐμποιοῦσιν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ βούλεσθαι, τῷ βού- λεσθαι δὲ ὑπηρετεῖ πανταχοῦ τὸ δύνασθαι.
του, ὦ ἄνδρες, ῥᾷον; ἕκαστος οὖν ἡμῶν ὁ μὲν τοῦτο, ὁ δὲ ἐκεῖνο πεποίηκεν, ὁ δὲ πάντα ἐφεξῆς; καίτοι γε χρῆν, εἰ τὸ δύνασθαι πράττειν ἔπειθεν. ἀλλ’ οὐχ αἱ δυνάμεις ἐμποιοῦσιν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ βούλεσθαι, τῷ βού- λεσθαι δὲ ὑπηρετεῖ πανταχοῦ τὸ δύνασθαι.
Declamatio 44. Libanius. ed. Richard Foerster. Germany. 2016.
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