στροβεῖς σεαυτόν, κοχλίου βίον ζῶν1 διὰ τὴν μικρολογίαν, καὶ τὰ δυσχερῆ πάνθ᾽ ὑπομένεις οὐδὲν εὖ πάσχων, ὥσπερ ὄνος βαλανέως ξύλα καὶ φρύγανα κατακομίζων, ἀεὶ καπνοῦ τε καί τέφρας ἀναπιμπλάμενος λουτροῦ δὲ μὴ μετέχων μηδ᾽ ἀλέας μηδὲ καθαρειότητος. καὶ ταῦτα πρὸς τὴν ὀνώδη καὶ μυρμηκώδη λέγω ταύτην φιλοπλουτίαν. ἑτέρα δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ θηριώδης, συκοφαντοῦσα καὶ κληρονομοῦσα καὶ παραλογιζομένη
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δῶρα πέμπουσι, στρατεύματα
τρέφουσι [p. 361] μονομάχους ὠνουμένοις: σὺ δὲ τοσαῦτα πράγματα
συγχεῖς καὶ ταράττεις καὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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