εἶτά μοι σκάπτων ἐρεῖ,
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ποιοῦντες. οἱ δὲ πολυπράγμονες
ἀπολλύουσι καὶ προΐενται τὰ αὑτῶν ἀσχολούμενοι περὶ τἀλλότρια 1 καὶ
σπανίως μὲν εἰς ἀγρὸν βαδίζουσι, τὸ ἥσυχον καὶ σιωπηρὸν τῆς ἐρημίας οὐ
φέροντες ἐὰν δὲ καὶ παραβάλωσι διὰ χρόνου,
ταῖς τῶν γειτόνων ἀμπέλοις ἐμβλέπουσι μᾶλλον ἢ ταῖς ἰδίαις: καὶ
πυνθάνονται πόσοι βόες τοῦ γείτονος; ἀποτεθνήκασιν ἢ πόσος οἶνος ὀξίνης
γέγονε: ταχὺ δὲ τούτων ἐμπλησθέντες ἀποτρέχουσιν. ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀληθινὸς
ἐκεῖνος γεωργὸς οὐδὲ τὸν αὐτομάτως
ἐρχόμενον ἐκ πόλεως λόγον ἡδέως προσδέχεται, λέγων
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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