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42.1
Περικλῆς Ἀσπασίᾳ Εἰ δῶρα ζητεῖς, οὐ ποθεῖς· ἀδωροδόκητοι γὰρ οἱ Ἔρωτες, καὶ τοὺς ποθοῦντας τοιούτους εἶναι διδάσκουσιν. εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐρᾷς, τὸ διδόναι μᾶλλον, οὐ τὸ λαβεῖν οἰκειότερον· εἰ δὲ χρημάτων ὀρέγῃ καὶ δι' ἐμπορίαν τὸ ποθεῖν ἀναπέπλασαι, τὴν γνώμην ἡ γλῶττα διήλεγξε, πωλοῦσα χρυσῷ τὰς ἡδονὰς τῷ ἐθέλοντι.

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