# Orationes 13-12

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (17)ΤΑΡΣΙΚΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/13-12

τῷ μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἔξεστι παρὰ τὸν νόμον, ἀλλὰ κἂν ἄκων ἁμάρτῃ τι, μαστιγοῦται· τὸν δʼ οὐδεὶς ὁρᾷ πάνθʼ ἃ δύναται ποιοῦντα. τοιγαροῦν κἀκεῖ σωφρονοῦντος ἀνδρός ἐστι καὶ ταῖς ἀληθείαις κρείττονος τῇ δυνάμει περιεῖναι, τὰς δὲ πλεονεξίας ταύτας ἐᾶν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἂν ἔχητε νοῦν, τοῖς δικαίοις περιέσεσθε καὶ τῷ μεγέθει τῆς πόλεως τῶν φθονούντων, πρὸς ὀργὴν δὲ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ἀγανακτοῦντες δράσετε. καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτων αὖθις, ὥσπερ οἶμαι καὶ προεθέμην.

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Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. 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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