§36.13.1ὅτι κατά τι σύμπτωμα τῶν μὲν τοῦ Καλλικράτους εἰκόνων εἰσφερομένων κατὰ τὸ σκότος, τῶν δὲ τοῦ Λυκόρτα κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἡμέραν ἐκφερομένων εἰς τὸ φῶς κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς διάθεσιν, §36.13.2πάντας ἠνάγκαζε τὸ γινόμενον ἐπιφθέγγεσθαι διότι δεῖ μηδέποτε τοῖς καιροῖς ὑπερηφάνως χρῆσθαι κατὰ τῶν πέλας, εἰδότα διότι καὶ λίαν τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ἴδιον ἐπιτήδευμα τῆς τύχης, τὸ τοῖς αὑτῶν ἐπινοήμασι καὶ νομοθετήμασιν ἐξ ὑποστροφῆς αὐτοὺς ὑποβάλλειν τοὺς νομοθετήσαντας. — §36.13.3ὅτι αὐτὸ τὸ φύσει φιλόκαινον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἱκανόν ἐστι πρὸς πᾶσαν μεταβολήν.
By a certain coincidence, while the portraits of Callicrates were being carried away into the darkness, those of Lycortas were on the very same day brought out into the light in accordance with their original arrangement; this event forced everyone to remark that one should never use circumstances arrogantly against one's neighbors, knowing that this is a highly characteristic practice of Fortune: to subject the very lawgivers themselves, by a sudden turn, to their own designs and legislations. — The very love of novelty inherent in human nature is sufficient to bring about every change.