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πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἂν δειλαιότατος εἴην, εἰ τῶν μὲν καλλίστων καὶ μεγίστων διὰ τὴν συμφορὰν ἀπεστερημένος εἴην, ἃ δ’ ἡ πόλις ἔδωκε προνοηθεῖσα τῶν οὕτως διακειμένων, διὰ τὸν κατήγορον ἀφαιρεθείην; |
How, then, would I not be utterly wretched if, deprived of the most fundamental abilities by fortune, I was deprived of the one thing that the city had given me in their foresight for people afflicted like me. |
Lysias Speeches 24.23 |
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