# Περὶ εἰρήνης 106

Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, Section 106. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-18/106

οὐκ ἄξιον δὲ θαυμάζειν, εἰ τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον ἐλάνθανεν ἅπαντας τοσούτων οὖσα κακῶν αἰτία τοῖς ἔχουσιν αὐτήν, οὐδʼ εἰ περιμάχητος ἦν ὑφʼ ἡμῶν καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων· εὑρήσετε γὰρ τοὺς πλείστους τῶν ἀνθρώπων περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις τῶν πραγμάτων ἁμαρτάνοντας, καὶ πλείους μὲν ἐπιθυμίας ἔχοντας τῶν κακῶν ἢ τῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἄμεινον δὲ βουλευομένους ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἢ σφῶν αὐτῶν.

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Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, ed. George Norlin. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0010.tlg017.local001/.