# Ἐπιστολαί 11.10

Aeschines, Ἐπιστολαί, Epistle 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aeschines/text-2/11.10

ἔστιν δὲ καὶ πόλεως καὶ ἀνδρὸς εὗ φρονοῦντος ἔργον, ἀεὶ πρὸς τὰς παρούσας ἀφορμὰς ὑπὲρ τῶν παρόντων βουλεύσασθαι· τὸ δὲ τὴν μὲν τόλμαν εἰς τὰ πράγματα, οἷς ἐπιχειρεῖ τις, ἐκ τῆς πρόσθεν ἰσχύος ἔχειν, τὴν δὲ ἰσχὺν πάλαι ποτʼ ἐσχηκέναι μεγάλην, ὅμοιά γε φαίνεται, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις λυμπίασι νικήσας πολλάκις ὕστερον γέρων ὢν ἀπογρά(ψοιτο ἔτι καὶ προκαλοῖτο τοὺς ἀντιπάλους, ἀναμιμνῇσκόμενος ἧς ἔσχηκεν, οὐχὶ τῆς παρούσης, δυνάμεως.

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Aeschines [Sp.], Ἐπιστολαί, ed. Friedrich Blass. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0026.tlg004.local001/.