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μόνον ὥσπερ Ἀλκιβιάδης 1 ἔλεγε τὴν καρδίαν στρέφεσθαι καὶ δάκρυα ἐκπίπτειν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γε προκόπτων ἀληθῶς, μᾶλλον ἔργοις καὶ πράξεσιν ἀνδρὸς ἀγαθοῦ καὶ τελείου παραβάλλων ἑαυτόν, ἅμα [p. 204] τῷ συνειδότι τοῦ ἐνδεοῦς δακνόμενος καὶ δι᾽ ἐλπίδα καὶ πόθον χαίρων καὶ μεστὸς ὢν ὁρμῆς οὐκ ἠρεμούσης οἷὸς τ᾽ ἐστι κατὰ Σιμωνίδην 2
ἄθηλος ἵππῳ πῶλος ὣς ἅμα τρέχειν,
τῷ ἀγαθῷ μονονουχὶ συμφῦναι γλιχόμενος. καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο προκοπῆς ἀληθοῦς ἴδιόν ἐστι πάθος, ὧν ζηλοῦμεν

1 Ἀλχιβιάδης] Plat. Conv. p. 25 e

2 Σιμωνίδην] Bergk. 2 p. 445

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

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