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ἐπαινοίη, κελεύοντα μὴ ταῦτα
περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγειν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον, εἰ χρηστὸς καὶ ἀβλαβὴς καὶ ὠφέλιμος,
οὐ γὰρ εἰσφέρει τὸν ἔπαινον ὁ τοῦτο ποιῶν ἀλλὰ μετατίθησιν οὐδὲ
χαίρειν δοκεῖ τοῖς ἐγκωμιάζουσιν αὐτὸν ἀλλὰ
μᾶλλον, ὅτι μὴ προσηκόντως μηδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ οἷς δεῖ, δυσχεραίνειν καὶ
ἀποκρύπτειν τὰ φαυλότερα τοῖς βελτίοσιν, οὐκ ἐπαινεῖσθαι βουλόμενος ἀλλ᾽
ἐπαινεῖν ὡς χρὴ διδάσκων. τὸ γάρ ‘οὐ λίθοις 1 ἐτείχισα τὴν πόλιν οὐδὲ
πλίνθοις ἐγώ ἀλλ᾽ ἐὰν τὸν ἐμὸν
τειχισμὸν βούλῃ σκοπεῖν, εὑρήσεις καὶ ὅπλα καὶ ἵππους καὶ
συμμάχους’ τοιούτου τινὸς ἔοικεν ἅπτεσθαι. καὶ τὸ τοῦ Περικλέους
ἔτι μᾶλλον: ὀλοφυρόμενοι
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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