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‘ κύῃ τις, ἀλλὰ
πρᾶξιν ἢ βουλὴν ἀπόρρητον εἰς φῶς ἡλίου
δυνατὸς ᾖ προαγαγεῖν χρόνῳ καὶ ἀναδεῖξαι, κακόν τι μηνύσας λανθάνον
ἢ σωτηρίου γνώμης γενόμενος σύμβουλος ἢ χρείας εὑρετὴς ἀναγκαίας,
οὐκ ἀμείνων ὁ περιμείνας 1 τῆς τιμωρίας τὸ χρήσιμον τοῦ προανελόντος;
ἐμοὶ μὲν γάρ’ ἔφην ‘δοκεῖ.’
‘καὶ ἡμῖν’ ὁ Πατροκλέας εἶπεν.
‘ὀρθῶς’ ἔφην. ‘σκόπει γάρ, εἰ Διονύσιος ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς
τυραννίδος ἔδωκε δίκην, ὡς οὐδεὶς ἂν Ἑλλήνων ᾤκει Σικελίαν
ἀνάστατον ὑπὸ Καρχηδονίων γενομένην, ὥσπερ οὐδ᾽ Ἀπολλωνίαν οὐδ᾽
Ἀνακτόριον οὐδὲ τὴν Λευκαδίων
’
1 περιμείνας] add. καὶ προτιμήσας R
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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