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ᾤετο. τὸ δὲ οὐχ οὕτως ἔχει: πολλοῦ γὰρ ἂν
ὁ ἔπαινος ἦν τίμιος, εἴ τι καὶ ἔργον αὐτοῦ ἀπολαῦσαι δυνατὸν ἦν ἐκ τῆς τοιαύτης ὑπερβολῆς. νῦν δὲ ὅμοιόν μοι δοκοῦσιν,’ ἔφη, ‘ πάσχειν,
ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τινι ἀμόρφῳ προσωπεῖον εὔμορφον ἐπιθείη τις φέρων, ὁ δὲ μέγα ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει φρονοίη, καὶ ταῦτα περιαιρετῷ ὄντι καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ τυχόντος συντριβῆναι δυναμένῳ, ὅτε καὶ γελοιότερος ἂν γένοιτο αὐτοπρόσωπος φανείς, οἷος ὢν ὑφ᾽ οἵῳ κέκρυπτο: ἢ καὶ νὴ Δί᾽ εἴ τις ὑποδησάμενος κοθόρνους μικρὸς αὐτὸς ὢν ἐρίζοι περὶ μεγέθους τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰσοπέδου ὅλῳ πήχει ὑπερέχουσιν.’
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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