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ἐν τῷ βίῳ. ἐκθήσω δέ σοι κατὰ γένος, ὅσα τε τυγχάνει
γένη τρόπων τούτοις προσκείμενα καὶ ὃν τρόπον τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ
χρῶνται: ὑπολαμβάνω γάρ, ὦ Πολύκλεις, τοὺς υἱεῖς
ἡμῶν βελτίους ἔσεσθαι, καταλειφθέντων αὐτοῖς ὑπομνημάτων
τοιούτων, οἷς παραδείγμασι χρώμενοι αἱρήσονται
τοῖς εὐσχημονεστάτοις συνεῖναί τε καὶ ὁμιλεῖν, ὅπως μὴ
Characters. Theophrastus. Hermann Diels. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1909.
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