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ξένου δέ τινος ἰδίᾳ φράσειν φάσκοντος αὐτῷ καὶ διδάξειν ὅπως προειδήσει τοὺς ἐπιβουλεύοντας, ἐκέλευσεν εἰπεῖν: ἐπεὶ δὲ προσελθών, ‘δός,’ εἶπε, ‘μοι τάλαντον, ἵνα δόξῃς ἀκηκοέναι τὰ σημεῖα τῶν ἐπιβουλευόντων,’ ἔδωκε προσποιούμενος ἀκηκοέναι καὶ θαυμάζων1 τὴν μέθοδον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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