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εἰσὶν αἰκίας ὠφελιμώτεροι τοῖς ἐλευθέροις, οἱ
μὲν ἐπὶ τὰ καλὰ παρορμῶντες οἱ δ᾽ ἀπὸ τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἀνείργοντες. δεῖ δ᾽
ἐναλλάξ καὶ ποικίλως χρῆσθαι ταῖς ἐπιπλήξεσι καὶ τοῖς ἐπαίνοις,
κἀπειδάν ποτε θρασύνωνται, 1 ταῖς ἐπιπλήξεσιν
ἐν αἰσχύνῃ ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ πάλιν ἀνακαλεῖσθαι τοῖς ἐπαίνοις καὶ
μιμεῖσθαι τὰς τίτθας, αἵτινες ἐπειδὰν τὰ παιδία κλαυθμυρίσωσιν, εἰς
παρηγορίαν πάλιν 2 τὸν μαστὸν ὑπέχουσι. δεῖ δ᾽ αὐτοὺς μηδὲ τοῖς ἐγκωμίοις
ἐπαίρειν καὶ φυσᾶν: χαυνοῦνται γὰρ ταῖς
ὑπερβολαῖς τῶν ἐπαίνων καὶ θρύπτονται.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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