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μὴ σπεύδετε πλουτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ χρηστοὶ δοκεῖν εἶναι, γιγνώσκοντες ὅτι καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ τῶν βαρβάρων οἱ μεγίστας ἐπ᾽ ἀρετῇ δόξας ἔχοντες πλείστων ἀγαθῶν δεσπόται καθίστανται. τοὺς χρηματισμοὺς τοὺς παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον γιγνομένους ἡγεῖσθε μὴ πλοῦτον ἀλλὰ κίνδυνον ποιήσειν. μὴ τὸ μὲν λαβεῖν κέρδος εἶναι νομίζετε, τὸ δ᾽ ἀναλῶσαι ζημίαν: οὐδέτερον γὰρ τούτων ἀεὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δύναμιν, ἀλλ᾽ ὁπότερον ἂν ἐν καιρῷ καὶ μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς γίγνηται, τοῦτ᾽ ὠφελεῖ τοὺς ποιοῦντας.
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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