Letter 176: Those who are stung by the sharp goads of worldly reputation embrace voluntary hardship — they exhaust themselves...
δὲ αἰἰἰεία ἰαϑοτεῖ, φμϊαπὶ Οἰιγὶ εἰ πιο ΟοΥ. τχ, . δὲ αυἱΐ δευι}ὶ τυπάδηξ ἰαυἀϊΐδ ιϊηυ}} ἀρ ΔΠ, ἱπαοηῖθδ υὉ υβοϊρίυηϊ ᾿ΔθΟΓ; ποηῆηθ αυΐ οὦ- ᾿εδιὶβ αἱοτίς ( νυϊπογαι! δυηΐ, ἃ ρυογὶ Ἰὰ- νοτῖβ σοι οη(ἱ οΠηι μο τα ΡΔΓ ὁδὶ Εἰ οἱ τοῖς ὁξέσ: τῆς χοσμιχῆς δόξης χέντροις πλητ- τόμενοι πόνους αὐθαιρέτους ἀσπάζονται" οἱ τοῖς ὀξυτάτοις τῆς ὑπερχοσμίου εὐχλείας βέλεσι τετρω- μένοι πολλῷ μᾶλλον νεανιχῶς ἐπὶ τὸν τῶν πόνων ἀγῶνα ἀποδύεσθαι ἂν εἶεν δίχαιοι. ΥΑΠΙ ΓΕΟΤΙΟΝΕΚ ΕΥ̓ ΝΟΤΕ.. () ὑρσϑά,. αι. οἱ ΑἸ. μὴ φτγοάυσυμι μηδὲν. ροδϑίη. () Γέγονας ἰάδιι τπηυϊδιὶ ἴῃ γέγονεν. ἵν.
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