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ἀνακηρύττοντα τὴν ἑαυτοῦ
νίκην. αὐτῷ μὲν γὰρ ὁ παρ᾽ ἄλλων ἔπαινος
ἥδιστον ἀκουσμάτων ἐστίν, ὥσπερ ὁ Ξενοφῶν 1 εἴρηκεν: ἑτέροις δ᾽ ὁ περὶ αὑτοῦ λυπηρότατον.
πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἀναισχύντους ἡγούμεθα τοὺς ἑαυτοὺς ἐπαινοῦντας,
αἰδεῖσθαι προσῆκον αὐτοῖς κἂν ὑπ᾽ ἄλλων ἐπαινῶνται δεύτερον δ᾽
ἀδίκους, ἃ λαμβάνειν ἔδει παρ᾽ ἑτέρων
αὑτοῖς διδόντας: τρίτον ἢ σιωπῶντες ἄχθεσθαι καὶ φθονεῖν δοκοῦμεν, ἢ
τοῦτο δεδοικότες ἀναγκαζόμεθα συνεφάπτεσθαι παρὰ γνώμην τῶν ἐπαίνων καὶ
συνεπιμαρτυρεῖν,
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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