κεῖνοι γάρ τ᾽ 1 ἄνοσοι καὶ ἀγήραοι, ὁ Πίνδαρος 2 φησι, τὰ δ᾽ ἀνθρώπινα πάθη καὶ πράγματα μέμικται συντυχίαις ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλως ῥεούσαις. φέρε δὴ πρῶτον ἐν τοῖς ἀβουλήτοις σκόπει τὸν ἄθεον καὶ καταμάνθανε τὴν διάθεσιν, ἂν τἄλλα μέτριος, χρωμένου σιωπῇ τοῖς παροῦσι καὶ πορίζοντος αὑτῷ βοηθείας καὶ παρηγορίας, ἂν δὲ δυσφορῇ καὶ περιπαθῇ, πάντας ἐπὶ τὴν τύχην καὶ
πόνων τ᾽ ἄπειροι, βαρυβόαν
πορθμὸν πεφευγότες Ἀχέροντος
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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