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‘ ἀλλὰ καίπερ ὢν
μειράκιον, εὐτελείᾳ καλλωπίζεται καὶ στέργει τὰ παρόντα, τίς ἂν ἡμῖν
γένοιτο τῶν [p. 509] χρημάτων διάθεσις καὶ χρῆσις; ἦπου
καταχρυσώσομεν τὰ ὅπλα, καὶ τὴν ἀσπίδα πορφύρᾳ συμμεμιγμένῃ πρὸς
χρυσίον, ὥσπερ Νικίας ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, διαποικιλοῦμεν; σοὶ δ᾽, ὦ πάτερ,
Μιλησίαν χλανίδα τῇ δὲ μητρὶ παραλουργὸν
ὠνησόμεθα χιτώνιον; οὐ γὰρ εἰς γαστέρα δήπου καταχρησόμεθα τὴν δωρεάν,
εὐωχοῦντες αὑτοὺς πολυτελέστερον, ὥσπερ ξένον ὑποδεδεγμένοι βαρύτερον
τὸν πλοῦτον ‘’ ἄπαγ᾽’ : εἶπεν ὁ πατήρ ὦ ‘παῖ: μηδέποτε
τοιαύτην ἐπίδοιμι μετακόσμησιν .’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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