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μηχανήματα δ᾽ αὐτοῖς κατὰ τοῦ ἀκούοντος ἥ
τε ἀπάτη καὶ τὸ ψεῦδος καὶ ἡ ἐπιορκία καὶ προσλιπάρησις καὶ ἀναισχυντία καὶ ἄλλα μυρία
ῥᾳδιουργήματα. ἡ δὲ δὴ μεγίστη πασῶν ἡ κολακεία ἐστί, συγγενής, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀδελφή τις οὖσα τῆς διαβολῆς. οὐδεὶς γοῦν οὕτω γεννάδας ἐστὶ καὶ ἀδαμάντινον τεῖχος τῆς ψυχῆς προβεβλημένος, ὃς
οὐκ ἂν ἐνδοίη πρὸς τὰς τῆς κολακείας προσβολάς,
καὶ ταῦτα ὑπορυττούσης καὶ τοὺς θεμελίους
ὑφαιρούσης τῆς διαβολῆς.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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