# Orationes 15-4

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (4)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ δ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/15-4

ὁ οὖν Ἀλέξανδρος εὐθὺς ἠγάσθη τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τὸ θάρσος καὶ τὴν ἡσυχίαν, ὅτι οὐ κατεπλάγη ἐπιστάντος αὐτῷ. καὶ γάρ πως πεφύκασιν οἱ μὲν θαρραλέοι τοὺς θαρραλέους φιλεῖν, οἱ δὲ δειλοὶ τοὺς μὲν ὑφορῶνταικαὶ μισοῦσιν ὡς ἐχθρούς, τοὺς δὲ ἀγεννεῖς προσίενται καὶ ἀγαπῶσιν. ὅθεν τοῖς μὲν ἀλήθεια καὶ παρρησία πάντων ἐστὶν ἥδιστον, τοῖς δὲ κολακεία καὶ ψεῦδος, καὶ ἀκούουσιν ἡδέως οἱ μὲν τῶν πρὸς χάριν ὁμιλούντων, οἱ δὲ τῶν πρὸς ἀλήθειαν.

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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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