οὐ γὰρ ἄλλα δήπου, ταῦτα δ᾽ αὐτὰ τοὺς κακοὺς εἰκός ἐστιν ἑαυτοῖς διακελευομένους καὶ παρεγγυῶντας ἐπιχαίρειν τοῖς παρανομήμασιν, ὡς τῆς ἀδικίας τὸν μὲν καρπὸν εὐθὺς ὡραῖον καὶ προῦπτον [p. 420] ἀποδιδούσης, τὴν δὲ τιμωρίαν ὀψὲ καὶ πολὺ τῆς ἀπολαύσεως καθυστεροῦσαν.’ ταῦτα τοῦ Πατροκλέου διελθόντος, ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Ὀλύμπιχος ‘ἐκεῖνο δ᾽’ εἶπεν ‘ὦ Πατροκλέα, πηλίκον αἱ περὶ ταῦτα τοῦ θείου διατριβαὶ καὶ μελλήσεις ἄτοπον ἔχουσιν, ὅτι τὴν πίστιν, ἡ βραδυτὴς ἀφαιρεῖται τῆς προνοίας, καὶ τὸ μὴ παρ᾽ ἕκαστον ’
στείχουσα μάρψει τοὺς κακούς, ὅταν τύχῃ.
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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