# Orationes 164

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/164

τίνος οὖν χάριν ταῦτα παυόμενος ἤδη λέγω καὶ τί δηλῶσαι βουλόμενος; ὅτι τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς φιλοτιμεῖσθαι δεῖ καὶ μηθὲν παραπέμπειν τῶν γιγνομένων. κἂν οὕτως ἔχητε ἐν ἅπασιν οἷσπράττετε, ἴσως οὐθὲν δόξετε κακίους εἶναι τῶν προγόνων. τὸ γὰρ ἐν τοιαύτῃ καταστάσει διαφυλάττειν ἑαυτοὺς καὶ μένειν ἐπὶ τοῦ τῆς ἀρετῆς σχήματος θαυμαστὸν ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ·

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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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