# Ὁμίλαι 4.11

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/4.11

Πολλή τις, ὦ ἄνδρες, Ἕλληνες, ἡ διαφορὰ τυγχάνει ἀληκαὶ συνηθείας. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἀλήθεια γνησίως ζητουμένη εὑρίσκεται, τὸ δὲ ἔθος, ὁποῖον ἂν παραληφθῇ, εἴτε ἀληθὲς εἴτε ψευδὲς, ἀκρίτως ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ κρατύνεται, καὶ οὔτε ἀληθεῖ ὄντι αὐτῷ ἥδεται ὁ παραλαβὼν, οὔτε ψευδεῖ ἄχθεται. οὐ γὰρ κρίσει, ἀλλὰ προλήψει ὁ τοιοῦτος πεπίστευκεν, γνώμῃ τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ ἀδήλῳ τύχῃ τὴν ἐπιδεδωκὼς ἐλπίδα. καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ῥᾳδίως ἀποδύσασθαι τὴν πάτριον περιβολήν, κἄν πάνυ αὐτῷ δείκνυηται μωρὰ καὶ καταγέλαστος οὖσα.

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Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, ed. Albert Schwegler. 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.
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