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ἴδιον σέλας ἔχει
καὶ φέγγος ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ μέγα καὶ χαρὰν ποιεῖ σύνοικον αὐτῇ ἐν ἑαυτῇ 1
ἀντιλαμβανομένῃ 2 τἀγαθοῦ, ἂν τ᾽ εἰδῇ τις
ἄν τε λανθάνῃ καὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἀνθρώπους ἅπαντας. τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν ἀρετὴ
ἀλήθεια μαθημάτων τε κάλλος γεωμετρικῶν ἀστρολογικῶν οἷς πάντα τὰ 3 τοῦ
πλούτου φάλαρα ταῦτα καὶ περιδέραια: καὶ θεάματα κορασιώδη παραβαλεῖν 4
ἄξιον, ἃ 5 μηδενὸς ὁρῶντος μηδὲ
προσβλέποντος ὄντως τυφλὸς γίγνεται καὶ ἀφεγγὴς ὁ πλοῦτος; μόνος γὰρ ὁ
πλούσιος δειπνῶν μετὰ τῆς γυναικὸς ἢ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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