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μὲν εὐκόλως φέρειν τὰς ἁμαρτίας, εἰ δὲ μή
γε, πρὸς καιρὸν ὀργισθέντας ταχέως ἀποφλεγμῆναι. μᾶλλον γὰρ ὀξύθυμον εἶναι δεῖ τὸν πατέρα ἢ βαρύθυμον,
ὡς τό γε δυσμενὲς καὶ δυσκατάλλακτον μισοτεκνίας οὐ μικρὸν τεκμήριόν ἐστι.
καλὸν δὲ καὶ ἔνια τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων μηδ᾽ εἰδέναι δοκεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ
γήρως ἀμβλυῶττον καὶ δύσκωφον ἐπὶ τὰ
γιγνόμενα μεταφέρειν, ὡς ἔνια τῶν πραττομένων ὁρῶντας μὴ ὁρᾶν καὶ μὴ
ἀκούειν ἀκούοντας. φίλων ἁμαρτήματα φέρομεν: τί θαυμαστὸν εἰ τέκνων;
δούλων πολλάκις κραιπαλώντων μέθην οὐκ ἐξηλέγξαμεν. 1 [p. 31]
ἐφείσω ποτέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ χορήγησον ἠγανάκτησάς ποτε , ἀλλὰ καὶ σύγγνωθι.
ἐβουκόλησέ ποτε δι᾽
1 post ἐξηλέγξαμεν lacunam significavit H
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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