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κἀκεῖ μὲν πρότερον ἡσθέντες ὕστερον ἐλυπήθημεν, ἐνταῦθα δὲ μετὰ τὰς λύπας τὰς ἡδονὰς ἔχομεν. ἐν πᾶσι δὲ τοῖς ἔργοις οὐχ οὕτω τῆς ἀρχῆς μνημονεύομεν, ὡς τῆς τελευτῆς αἴσθησιν λαμβάνομεν: τὰ γὰρ πλεῖστα τῶν περὶ τὸν βίον οὐ δι᾽ αὐτὰ τὰ πράγματα ποιοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀποβαινόντων ἕνεκεν διαπονοῦμεν.
Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.
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