Alcidamas, Messenian Speech fr.1

ἐλευθέρους ἀφῆκε πάντας θεός· οὐδένα δοῦλον ἡ φύσις πεποίηκεν.

God let all people go free; nature has made no one a slave.

Alcidamas, On those who write speeches 5

ἔστι δ’ ἅπαντα τὰ μὲν ἀγαθὰ καὶ καλὰ σπάνια καὶ χαλεπὰ καὶ διὰ πόνων εἰωθότα γίγνεσθαι, τὰ δὲ ταπεινὰ καὶ φαῦλα ῥᾳδίαν ἔχει <τὴν> κτῆσιν.

Everything good and fair is scarce and difficult, and generally comes into being through hard work; but things which are poor and trivial are easy to obtain.

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