# Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι 38

Isocrates, Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι, Section 38. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-25/38

ἔπειτα καὶ προσήκειν ἡγησάμην τοσούτῳ τοὺς βασιλεῖς βελτίους εἶναι τῶν ἰδιωτῶν, ὅσῳ περ καὶ τὰς τιμὰς μείζους αὐτῶν ἔχουσι, καὶ δεινὰ ποιεῖν ὅσοι τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους κοσμίως ζῆν ἀναγκάζουσιν, αὐτοὶ δʼ αὑτοὺς μὴ σωφρονεστέρους τῶν ἀρχομένων παρέχουσιν.

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Isocrates, Νικόκλης ἢ Κύπριοι, 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.tlg014.local001/.