# Orationes 19

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (3)περὶ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ γ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/19

ἔπειτα δὲ οἶμαι ἀεί ποτε μὲν ὁ πονηρὸς ἀνόητος λέγεται καὶ ἔστιν ὄντως, τῷ δὲ ἄφρονι πάντας ὑπερβέβληκεν ὁ κόλαξ. μόνος γὰρ τῶν ἀφανιζόντων τὴν ἀλήθειαν πρὸς ἐκείνους θαρρεῖ τὰ ψευδῆ λέγειν τοὺς μάλιστα εἰδότας ὅτι ψεύδεται. τίς γὰρ ἄπειρός ἐστι τῶν ἑαυτοῦ πραγμάτων; ἢ τίς ἠλίθιος οὕτως ὅστις οὐκ οἶδεν πότερον πόνοις ἢ ῥᾳθυμίᾳ χαίρει καὶ πότερον ἥδεται πλέον ἔχων ἢ τὰ δίκαια πράττων καὶ πότερον ἡδονῶν ἥττων ἐστὶν ἢ τῶν καλῶν πράξεων ἐραστής;

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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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