αἶψά κε πηδάλιον μὲν ὑπὲρ καπνοῦ καταθεῖο,ἀλλὰ χρυσοχόων καὶ τορευτῶν καὶ μυρεψῶν καὶ μαγείρων, καλῆς καὶ σώφρονος γενομένης ξενηλασίας, τῶν ἀχρήστων. εἰ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἀρκοῦντα κοινὰ καὶ τῶν μὴ πλουσίων 2 καὶ τῶν πλουσίων ἐστί, σεμνύνεται δ᾽ ὁ πλοῦτος ἐπὶ τοῖς περισσοῖς: καὶ τὸν Σκόπαν τὸν Θεσσαλὸν ἐπαινεῖς, ὃς αἰτηθείς τι τῶν κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν ὡς περιττὸν αὐτῷ 3 καὶ ἄχρηστον ‘ἀλλὰ μήν’ ἔφη ‘τούτοις ἐσμὲν ἡμεῖς εὐδαίμονες καὶ μακάριοι ’
1 ἔργα βοῶν δ᾽ ἀπόλοιτο καὶ ἡμιόνων ταλαεργῶν.
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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