μὴ λανθανέτω τοίνυν μηδὲ τοῦτο τοὺς πατέρας, ὅτι τὸ μνημονικὸν τῆς μαθήσεως μέρος οὐ μόνον πρὸς τὴν παιδείαν ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς τὰς τοῦ βίου πράξεις οὐκ ἐλαχίστην συμβάλλεται μοῖραν. ἡ γὰρ τῶν γεγενημένων πράξεων μνήμη τῆς περὶ τῶν μελλόντων εὐβουλίας γίγνεται παράδειγμα. καὶ μέντοι καὶ τῆς αἰσχρολογίας ἀπακτέον τοὺς υἱεῖς ‘λόγος γὰρ ἔργου σκιή’ κατὰ Δημόκριτον.
καὶ θαμὰ τοῦθ̓ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο.
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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