Letter 1638: Character is revealed not by what a person says but by what he does when no one is watching.
Ἐκ εε φιΐεγιε ἀἐ αἰϊὶς ἡμάδίεαι!, μι Ζοεῖηιιδ ρεεείηεμε αἴτος φκυσμα ππαίυε ἐε:ε ςεπεεϑαϊῖ. (ΥἹἱάε ἐρίε!. .) Ομβηθ, πιογίδϊεβ υἱ [ ἀϊοδπι), ἀ6 ἱρβὶ, διιῖ ἀθ ἐσ δὲ ᾿υάΐουμι. Ουΐ δοἷπι Ἰαϑίυς , γε ψι05 Πάντες, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, ἄνθρωπο: ἐχ τῶν χαϑ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς χαὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὰς ψήφους ἐχφέρουσιν, Ἄογοάϊι ἰυδιοβ, οἱ ἰσιπρογδηβ ἰδιηρεγδηίος αἰΐος : οἷς δ Ὁ γοῦν δίχαιος διχαίους εἶναι πιστεύει πολλοὺς, χαὶ Εἰ ἰδῖγο, οἵἴβίογοβς [ἰδίγοηθβ, οἱ ποπιϊοϊ δ, ποιηϊοὶ « 1π 2ἱ, Νὺ]! ἰἰδαυδ πηΐγατί, οἱἰϑὶ Ζοβίιηυβ, αυὶ ἐπίογοϑβ ΟΠ1Π65 Πρ ΓΟὈ ( ΟΟΙΘΌΓΘβ βιιρογανὶι, οχΣ ᾿πΠρΓοθο5 :Εβιἰπηοῖ, ὮΧΧΧΙ, --- ΖΟΘΙΜΟ. ὁ σώφρων σώφρονας, χαὶ ὁ λῃστῆς ληττάζ᾽ χαὶ ὁ ἀνδροφόνος ἀνδροφόνους. Μὴ τοίνυν θαύμαζε, εἰ χὴὶ Ζώσιμος, ὁ πάντας τοὺς ἐπὶ παρανομίαις βεθοῃμέ- νους ἀποχρύψας, ἐχ τῶν χαθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν πάντας πονὴ- νοὺς εἶναι ψηφίζεται.
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