# Dialexeis 5.Subsection b-2-Subsection d

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 5.Subsection b to 5.Subsection d. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20b-2

Καθόλου δέ, εἰ τὸ ἀδικεῖν πονηρόν, καὶ τὸ ἀνταδικεῖν ὅμοιον οὐ γὰρ τῷ ὑπάρξαι πλεονεκτεῖ κατὰ πονηρίαν ὁ ἀδικῶν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀμύνασθαι ἐξισοῦται κατὰ μοχθηρίαν ὁ ἀνταδικῶν. Κὶ μήν, εἰ ὁ ἀδικῶν κακῶς ποιεῖ, ὁ ἀντιποιῶν κακῶς οὐδὲν ἧττον ποιεῖ κακῶς, κἂν ἀμύνηται. Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἀποδιδοὺς χάριν τῷ προϋπάρξαντι οὐδὲν ἧττον εὖ ποιεῖ, κἂν προπεπονθὼς ᾖ· οὕτως ὁ μετατιθεὶς τὴν ἀμοιβὴν εἰς κάκωσιν οὐδὲν ἧττον κακῶς δρᾷ, κἂν προπεπονθὼς ᾖ.

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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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