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θόρυβον, ἐὰν μὴ
καθάπερ κελευστὴν ἔνδοθεν ἔχῃ τὸν αὑτῆς
λόγον ὀξέως δεχόμενον καὶ συνιέντα τῶν
παραγγελλομένων
ἕκαστον: ἀκούσασα δὲ τῶν μὲν ἠρέμα καὶ
πράως λεγομένων καταφρονεῖ, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς
ἐνισταμένους τραχύτερον ἐρεθίζεται. καὶ γὰρ
ὑπερήφανος καὶ αὐθάδης καὶ ὅλως ὑφ᾽
ἑτέρου 1 ὁ θυμὸς δυσκίνητος ὢν, ὥσπερ
ὀχυρὰ τυραννὶς ἐξ ἑαυτῆς ἔχειν ὀφείλει σύνοικον καὶ
συγγενὲς τὸ καταλῦον.
ἡ μὲν οὖν συνέχεια τῆς ὀργῆς καὶ τὸ
προσκρούειν πολλάκις ἕξιν ἐμποιεῖ πονηρὰν
τῇ ψυχῇ, ἣν ὀργιλότητα καλοῦσιν, εἰς
ἀκραχολίαν καὶ πικρίαν καὶ δυσκολίαν τελευτῶσαν, ὅταν
ἑλκώδης καὶ μικρόλυπος
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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