Don't you know that a good and excellent person does nothing for the sake of appearances, but only for the sake of having acted right?

οὐκ οἶσθ᾿, ὅτι ἀνὴρ καλὸς κἀγαθὸς οὐδὲν ποιεῖ τοῦ δόξαι ἕνεκα, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πεπρᾶχθαι καλῶς

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