# Περὶ εἰρήνης 73

Isocrates, Περὶ εἰρήνης, Section 73. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-18/73

καὶ τούτων αὐτῶν μάλιστα τὸν ἐναργέστατα δυνάμενον δηλῶσαι τὰς πονηρὰς τῶν πράξεων καὶ τὰς συμφορὰς τὰς ἀπʼ αὐτῶν γιγνομένας· οὗτος γὰρ ἂν τάχιστα ποιήσειεν ὑμᾶς, μισήσαντας ἃ δεῖ, βελτιόνων ἐπιθυμῆσαι πραγμάτων. ὑπὲρ μὲν οὖν τῆς τῶν λόγων τραχύτητος καὶ τῶν εἰρμένων καὶ τῶν ῥηθήσεσθαι μελλόντων ταῦτʼ ἔχω λέγειν πρὸς ὑμᾶς· ὅθεν δʼ ἀπέλιπον, πάλιν ποιήσομαι τὴν ἀρχήν.

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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/.