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ἦν δὲ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς συνήθεις ἐπιεικὴς καὶ
πρᾶος ὀργήν, σφοδρὸς δὲ καὶ πρόθυμος ἐν ταῖς
χάρισιν. Ἀερόπου γοῦν ἀποθανόντος οὐκ ἤνεγκε
μετρίως, ἐκεῖνον μὲν ἀνθρώπινα πεπονθέναι
φάσκων, ἑαυτὸν δὲ μεμφόμενος καὶ κακίζων ὅτι
μέλλων ἀεὶ καὶ βραδύνων χάριν οὐκ ἀπέδωκεν
αὐτῷ. τὰ μὲν γὰρ χρέα καὶ κληρονόμοις ἔστιν
ἀποδοῦναι τῶν δανεισάντων, αἱ δὲ τῶν χαρίτων
ἀμοιβαὶ μὴ γενόμεναι πρὸς αἰσθανομένους ἀνιῶσι
τὸν χρηστὸν καὶ δίκαιον,
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
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