ἀεὶ δ᾽ ἀοιδῶν μοῦνος ἐν στέγαις ἐμαῖςαὕτη τοῖς πολυπράγμοσι μοῦσα καὶ σειρὴν μία, τοῦθ᾽ ἥδιστον ἀκουσμάτων αὐτοῖς. ἔστι γὰρ ἡ πολυπραγμοσύνη φιλοπευστία τῶν ἐν ἀποκρύψει καὶ λανθανόντων οὐδεὶς δ᾽ ἀγαθὸν ἀποκρύπτει κεκτημένος, ὅπου καὶ τὰ μὴ ὄντα προσποιοῦνται. κακῶν οὖν ἱστορίας ὁ πολυπράγμων ὀρεγόμενος, ἐπιχαιρεκακίας συνέχεται. πάθει, φθόνου καὶ βασκανίας ἀδελφῷ. φθόνος μὲν γάρ ἐστι; λύπη ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίοις ἀγαθοῖς, ἐπιχαιρεκακία δ᾽ ἡδονὴ ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίοις κακοῖς: ἀμφότερα
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1 Nauck. p. 913
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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