# Orationes 144-2

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/144-2

μὴ τοίνυν ὁ χρόνος ὠφελείτω τὸ ἔθος, εἴπερ ἐστὶ μοχθηρόν, ὡς πάλαι νομίζω πεποιηκέναιφανερόν. οὐ γὰρ εἰ πολὺν χρόνον ἔβλαψεν ὑμᾶς, διὰ τοῦτο οἶμαι προσήκειν αὐτὸ μηδέποτε παύσασθαι βλάπτον. οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄνδρα μοχθηρὸν ἐκ πολλοῦ λαβόντες ἀφήσετε τοῦ χρόνου χάριν οὗ διῆλθε πονηρὸς ὤν. οὐδέ γε εἴ τις νόσον ἰάσασθαι δύναιτο ἐνοχλοῦσαν πάλαι, φείδοιτʼ ἂν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑγιαίνειν.

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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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