# Πρὸς Δημόνικον 47

Isocrates, Πρὸς Δημόνικον, Section 47. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-4/47

κἀκεῖ μὲν πρότερον ἡσθέντες ὕστερον ἐλυπήθημεν, ἐνταῦθα δὲ μετὰ τὰς λύπας τὰς ἡδονὰς ἔχομεν. ἐν πᾶσι δὲ τοῖς ἔργοις οὐχ οὕτω τῆς ἀρχῆς μνημονεύομεν, ὡς τῆς τελευτῆς αἴσθησιν λαμβάνομεν· τὰ γὰρ πλεῖστα τῶν περὶ τὸν βίον οὐ διʼ αὐτὰ τὰ πράγματα ποιοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀποβαινόντων ἕνεκεν διαπονοῦμεν.

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Isocrates, Πρὸς Δημόνικον, 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.tlg007.local001/.