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‘ θνητὸν
ἐγέννησα’ τοῦτο τοῖς παροξύνουσιν
ἕκαστον 1 ἐπιφωνεῖν ἁμαρτήμασιν ‘ᾔδειν
ὅτι σοφὸν οὐκ ἐπριάμην δοῦλον’
‘ᾔδειν ὅτι ἀπαθῆ τὸν φίλον οὐκ
ἐκτησάμην’
‘ᾔδειν ὅτι τὴν γυναῖκα γυναῖκ᾽
εἶχον.’ ἂν
δὲ κἀκεῖνό τις ἐπιφθεγγόμενος ἀεὶ τὸ τοῦ
Πλάτωνος ‘μήπου 2 ἄρ᾽ ἐγὼ τοιοῦτος;᾽’
ἔξωθεν εἴσω τὸν [p. 206]
λογισμὸν ἀναστρέφῃ καὶ παρεμβάλλῃ ταῖς
μέμψεσι τὴν εὐλάβειαν, οὐ πολλῇ χρήσεται
μισοπονηρίᾳ πρὸς ἑτέρους πολλῆς ὁρῶν
ἑαυτὸν συγγνώμης δεόμενον. νῦν δ᾽ ἕκαστος
ἡμῶν ὀργιζόμενος καὶ κολάζων Ἀριστείδου
φωνὰς ἐπιφέρει
καὶ Κάτωνος ‘μὴ κλέπτε’
‘μὴ ψεύδου’
‘διὰ τί ῥᾳθυμεῖς;᾽’ καὶ ὃ δὴ πάντων
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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