ἐπὶ τῶν πολυπραγμόνων ἐστὶν ἀληθῶς εἰρημένον. ὡς γὰρ αἱ σικύαι τὸ χείριστον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς ἕλκουσιν, οὕτω τὰ τῶν πολυπραγμόνων ὦτα τοὺς φαυλοτάτους λόγους ἐπισπᾶται: μᾶλλον δ᾽ , ὥσπερ αἱ πόλεις ἔχουσί τινας πύλας ἀποφράδας καὶ σκυθρωπάς, δι᾽ ὧν ἐξάγουσι τοὺς θανατουμένους καὶ τὰ λύματα [p. 342] καὶ τοὺς καθαρμοὺς ἐκβάλλουσιν, εὐαγὲς δ᾽ οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἱερὸν εἴσεισι οὐδ᾽ ἔξεισι δι᾽ αὐτῶν: οὕτω καὶ τὰ τῶν πολυπραγμόνων ὦτα χρηστὸν οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἀστεῖον ἀλλ᾽ οἱ φονικοὶ λόγοι διέρχονται καὶ τρίβουσιν, ἐκθύσιμα καὶ μιαρὰ διηγήματα παρακομίζοντες:
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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