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title: Political and Moral Aphorisms
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Philiscus of Athens
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period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
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# Political and Moral Aphorisms

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Philiscus of Athens

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## Text

### book 1.1

εἰς τὸ μεταπεῖσαι ῥᾳδίως ἃ βούλεται

### book 1.2

πιθανοὺς ἔχειν εἴωθεν ἡ κλίνη λόγους.

### book 2

ὁ Πειραιεὺς κάρυον μέγ’ ἐστὶ καὶ κενόν.

### book 3.1

χρηστῶν

### book 3.2

σφόδρ’ ἔσθ’ ἡ Χαλκὶς Ἑλλήνων πόλις.

### book 4.1

οὐκ ἔστιν, ὦ μάταιε, σὺν ῥᾳθυμίᾳ τὰ τῶν

### book 4.2

πονούντων μὴ πονήσαντας λαβεῖν.

### book 5

πολιτογραφεῖν

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