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‘ εἴ γ᾽ ἐστὶ δίκαιον’ ἔφη ‘εἰ δὲ μή, ἔλεξα μέν, ὡμολόγησα 1 δὲ οὔ.’ ἐπειπόντος δὲ ‘ἀλλὰ μὴν δεῖ τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἐπιτελεῖν ὅ τι κεν κεφαλῇ 2 κατανεύσωσιν, οὐ’ ‘μᾶλλον’ ἔφη ‘ἢ τοὺς προσιόντας τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν αἰτεῖσθαι δεῖ τὰ δίκαια καὶ λέγειν, στοχαζομένους τε τοῦ καιροῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁρμόζοντος τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν.’
ὁπότε δὲ ψεγόντων ἢ ἐπαινούντων τινῶν ἀκούοι, οὐχ ἧττον ᾤετο δεῖν καταμανθάνειν τοὺς τῶν λεγόντων τρόπους ἢ περὶ ὧν 3 λέγοιεν.
ἔτι δὲ παῖδα αὐτὸν ὄντα, γυμνοπαιδίας ἀγομένης, ὁ χοροποιὸς ἔστησεν εἰς ἄσημον τόπον: ὁ δὲ ἐπείσθη καίπερ ἤδη βασιλεὺς ἀποδεδειγμένος καὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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