δύσμορφα μέντοι τἄνδον εἰσιδεῖν, ξένε:2 τὰ γὰρ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις, σκευάρια
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αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ὀξύτητα κατατρίβωσιν, οὕτω
τὸ πολύπραγμον τοῦ φιλομαθοῦς ἀκμήν τινα καὶ
στόμωμα νομίζοντες ἔχειν καταναλίσκωμεν ἐν τοῖς ἀχρήστοις μηδ᾽
ἀπαμβλύνωμεν. [p. 349]
δεύτερον τοίνυν ἐθιζώμεθα θύραν παριόντες ἀλλοτρίαν μὴ βλέπειν εἴσω μηδὲ
τῶν ἐντὸς ἐπιδράττεσθαι τῇ ὄψει 1 καθάπερ χειρὶ τῇ περιεργίᾳ, ἀλλὰ τὸ
τοῦ Ξενοκράτους ἔχωμεν πρόχειρον, ὃς ἔφη μηδὲν διαφέρειν τοὺς πόδας ἢ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν οἰκίαν
τιθέναι: οὔτε γὰρ δίκαιον οὔτε καλόν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἡδὺ τὸ θέαμα.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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