ἔστι δʼ οὐκ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ἰδεῶν οὐδὲ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων ἔργων MSS. is bracketed by Blass who prefers, without good reason, ἀνθρώπων. Drerup
 retains ἔργων. Capps suggests ἔργων ἑκάτερος ὁ λόγος, which is tempting. ὁ λόγος,
 ἀλλὰ πᾶν τοὐναντίον· ἀπολογεῖσθαι μὲν γὰρ προσήκει περὶ τῶν ἀδικεῖν αἰτίαν ἐχόντων,
 ἐπαινεῖν δὲ τοὺς ἐπʼ ἀγαθῷ τινὶ διαφέροντας. ἵνα δὲ μὴ δοκῶ τὸ ῥᾷστον ποιεῖν, ἐπιτιμᾶν
 τοῖς ἄλλοις μηδὲν ἐπιδεικνὺς τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ, πειράσομαι περὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ταύτης εἰπεῖν,
 παραλιπὼν ἅπαντα τὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις εἰρημένα.