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δοτέον οὖν τοῖς παισὶν
ἀναπνοὴν τῶν συνεχῶν πόνων, ἐνθυμουμένους ὅτι πᾶς ὁ βίος ἡμῶν εἰς
ἄνεσιν καὶ σπουδὴν διῄρηται. καὶ διὰ τοῦτ᾽ οὐ μόνον ἐγρήγορσις ἀλλὰ
καὶ ὕπνος εὑρέθη, οὐδὲ πόλεμος ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰρήνη, οὐδὲ χειμὼν ἀλλὰ
καὶ εὐδία, δ̓: οὐδ᾽ ἐνεργοὶ πράξεις ἀλλὰ
καὶ ἑορταί. συνελόντι δ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἡ ἀνάπαυσις τῶν πόνων ἐστὶν ἄρτυμα.
καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ τῶν ζῴων μόνων τοῦτ᾽ ἂν 1 ἴδοι τις γιγνόμενον, ἀλλὰ καὶ
ἐπὶ τῶν ἀψύχων καὶ γὰρ τὰ τόξα καὶ τὰς: λύρας ἀνίεμεν, ἵν᾽
ἐπιτεῖναι δυνηθῶμεν. καθόλου δὲ σῴζεται σῶμα
μὲν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ πληρώσει, ψυχὴ δ᾽ ἀνέσει καὶ πόνῳ. ἄξιον δ᾽ ἐπιτιμᾶν
τῶν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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