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δίφρων, ἔνθα οἱ ἔφοροι ἐκάθηντο, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἰσχυρῶς ἀνεζήτουν τοὺς ποιήσαντας μὴ πολῖται τυγχάνωσιν: ὡς δὲ ᾔσθοντο ὅτι Χῖοι ἦσαν, ἐκήρυξαν τοῖς Χίοις ἐφιᾶσιν ἀσελγαίνειν.
ἐπεὶ δέ τις τὰς ἀμυγδαλᾶς τῶν σκληρῶν ἑώρα διπλασίου πωλουμένας, ‘μὴ σπάνιοι’ ἔφη ‘οἱ λίθοι;᾽’
τίλας τις ἀηδόνα καὶ βραχεῖαν πάνυ σάρκα εὑρὼν εἶπε ‘φωνὰ τὺ τίς ἐσσι καὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο.’
ἰδών τις τῶν Λακώνων Διογένη τὸν κύνα περιλαμβάνοντα ἀνδριάντα χάλκεον, ψύχους ὄντος σφοδροῦ, ἐπύθετο εἰ ῥιγοῖ ἀρνησαμένου δέ, ‘τί οὖν’ ἔφη ‘μέγα ποιεῖς;᾽’
ὀνειδισθείς τις τῶν Μεταποντίων εἰς δειλίαν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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