# Dialexeis 10.Subsection a-4

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΕ´ XV (Duebn XXI vulg. 5 B 18), Section 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/10.Subsection%20a-4

Ἐῶ λέγειν, ὅτι ὁ μὲν ἀγαθὸς ἀνὴρ πράττων καὶ μὴ ἐπαναχωρῶν, μηδὲ ἐξιστάμενος τοῖς μοχθηροῖς, ἑαυτὸν ἂν σώζοι, καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιστον τρέποι· ἐπαναχωρῶν δὲ καὶ δεικνὺς τὰ νῶτα, θρασύτητος μὲν καὶ ἀπειροκαλίας καὶ τόλμης τὸ μοχθηρὸν πᾶν ἂν ἀπέπλησεν, τὸ δὲ ἑαυτοῦ προίεται. Ποῖ φεύγεις μετὰ νῶτα βαλών, κακὸς ὥς, ἐν ὁμίλῳ; Μένε, καὶ ἵστασο, καὶ ἀνέχου τῶν βλημάτων, καὶ μηδὲν ἐκπλαγῇς·

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Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ed. Hermann Hobein. 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.
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