εὔει ἄτερ δαλοῦ καὶ ἐν ὠμῷ 1 γήραϊ θῆκεν;ὥσπερ ῥυτίδας ἀώρους ἢ πολιὰς ἐπαγαγὼν τῇ ψυχῇ τὰς φροντίδας ἐκ τῆς φιλαργυρίας καὶ τῆς ἀσχολίας, ὑφ᾽ ὧν μαραίνεται τὸ γαῦρον καὶ τὸ φιλότιμον καὶ τὸ φιλάνθρωπον. τί οὖν; φήσει 2 τις, οὐχ ὁρᾷς καὶ χρωμένους ἐνίους δαψιλῶς τοῖς χρήμασι; σὺ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀκούεις, φήσομεν, Ἀριστοτέλους λέγοντος, ὅτι: οἱ μὲν οὐ χρῶνται οἱ δὲ παραχρῶνται, καθάπερ οὔδ᾽ ἑτέρου προσήκοντος; ἀλλ᾽ ἐκείνους μὲν οὐκ ὠφελεῖ τὸ οἰκεῖον οὐδὲ κοσμεῖ, τούτους δὲ καὶ βλάπτει καὶ καταισχύνει.
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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