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διορθώσεις ποιούμενον ἀλόγους. πρὸς μηδὲν γὰρ ἀντιλέγων, ἀλλὰ πᾶσι συνεπινεύων καὶ δεχόμενος 1 πάντα καὶ βοῶν παρ᾽ ἕκαστον ὡς εὖ καὶ καλῶς, γίγνεται καταφανὴς
σύνθημ᾽ ἐρωτῶν, ἄλλο μαστεύων χρέος,
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ἐπαινέσαι καὶ συνεπιτυφῶσαι βουλόμενος

ἔτι τοίνυν ὥσπερ ἔνιοι τὴν ζῳγραφίαν σιωπῶσαν ἀπεφήναντο ποιητικήν, οὕτως ἔστι τις κολακείας σιωπώσης ἔπαινος. ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ θηρεύοντες ἂν μὴ τοῦτο ποιεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ὁδοιπορεῖν ἢ νέμειν ἢ γεωργεῖν δοκῶσι, μᾶλλον τὰ θηρευόμενα [p. 141] λανθάνουσιν, οὕτως οἱ κόλακες ἅπτονται μάλιστα τοῖς ἐπαίνοις, ὅταν ἐπαινεῖν μὴ δοκῶσιν ἀλλ᾽ ἕτερόν τι πράττειν. ὁ γὰρ ἕδρας εἴκων καὶ κλισίας ἐπιόντι

1 ἀποδεχόμενος ρ

2 Nauck. p. 297

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.

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