# Παναθηναικός 223

Isocrates, Παναθηναικός, Section 223. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-26/223

καὶ τοὺς μὲν νομίμως καὶ καλῶς χρωμένους οἷς ἐμελέτησαν ἐπαινεῖν καὶ τιμᾶν, τοὺς δὲ πλημμελοῦντας καὶ κακουργοῦντας ψέγειν καὶ μισεῖν καὶ φυλάττεσθαι τὸν τρόπον αὐτῶν, ἐνθυμουμένους ὡς οὐχ αἱ φύσεις αἱ τῶν πραγμάτων οὔτʼ ὠφελοῦσιν οὔτε βλάπτουσιν ἡμᾶς, ἀλλʼ ὡς αἱ τῶν ἀνθρώπων χρήσεις καὶ πράξεις ἁπάντων ἡμῖν αἴτιαι τῶν συμβαινόντων εἰσίν.

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Isocrates, Παναθηναικός, 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.tlg021.local001/.