# Orationes 21-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/21-2

αὐτίκα ὁ τὸν πένητα μακαρίζων ὡς πλούσιον αὐτὸς μὲν ψεύδεται, τῷ δὲ μακαριζομένῳ τὴν πενίαν ὀνειδίζει. πάλιν ὁ τὸν αἴσχιστον ὡς καλὸν ἐπαινῶν ἄλλο τι ἢ προφέρει τὸ αἶσχος αὐτῷ; ἢ ὁ τὸν ἀνάπηρον ὁλόκληρον εἶναι λέγων πῶς ἂν χαρίζοιτο ὑπομιμνήσκων τῆς ἀτυχίας; ὁ δὲ αὖ τὸν ἀνόητον ὡς φρόνιμον ὑμνῶν, οὗτος ἂν τυχὸν ἁπάντων εἴη πιθανώτερος διὰ τὴν ἄνοιαν τοῦ ἀκούοντος καὶ τοσούτῳ γε μείζονα ἐργάζεται βλάβην· ἀναπείθει γὰρ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ βουλεύεσθαι καὶ μὴ τοῖς φρονίμοις ἐπιτρέπειν.

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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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