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ὀχεῖσθαι. εὐήθη τοίνυν καὶ ἀβέλτερα τὰ τοῦ Βίωνος ‘εἰ 1 τὸν ἀγρὸν ἔμελλεν 2 ἐγκωμιάζων εὔφορον ποιεῖν καὶ εὔκαρπον, εἶτ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἁμαρτάνειν ἐδόκει τοῦτο μὴ ποιῶν μᾶλλον ἢ σκάπτων καὶ πράγματα ἔχων; οὐ τοίνυν οὐδ᾽ ἄνθρωπος 3 ἄτοπος ἂν ἐπαίνων 4 εἴη, εἰ τοῖς ἐπαινουμένοις ὠφέλιμός ἐστι καὶ πάμφορος’.5 ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀγρὸς οὐ γίγνεται χείρων ἐπαινούμενος, ἄνθρωπον δὲ τυφοῦσι καὶ ἀπολλύουσιν οἱ ψευδῶς καὶ παρ᾽ ἀξίαν ἐπαινοῦντες.
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἀπόχρη περὶ τούτων: ἐφεξῆς [p. 143] δὲ τὸ τῆς παρρησίας ἴδωμεν. ἔδει μὲν γάρ, ὡς ὁ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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