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‘ ἀδίκημα τοῖς πονηροῖς
ἐπακολουθοῦν κακὸν ἀλλ᾽ ὕστερον εἰς ἀτυχήματος χώραν τιθέμενοι, καὶ
συμφορὰν οὐ τιμωρίαν ὀνομάζοντες, οὐδὲν
ὠφελοῦνται, τοῖς μὲν συμβαίνουσιν ἀχθόμενοι τοῖς δὲ πεπραγμένοις μὴ
μεταμελόμενοι; καθάπερ γὰρ ἵππον ἡ 1 παραχρῆμα τὸ πταῖσμα καὶ τὴν
ἁμαρτίαν διώκουσα πληγὴ καὶ νύξις ἐπανορθοῖ καὶ μετάγει πρὸς τὸ δέον,
οἱ δ᾽ ὕστερον καὶ μετὰ χρόνον σπαραγμοὶ
καὶ ἀνακρούσεις καὶ περιψοφήσεις ἑτέρου τινὸς ἕνεκα μᾶλλον 2 δοκοῦσι,
γίγνεσθαι ἢ διδασκαλίας, διὸ τὸ λυποῦν ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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