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‘ τε τὴν διάνοιαν
ἠρεμεῖν μὴ πολλάκις ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ τοῦ ἀπολαύειν καταφρονήσασαν, οὔτε
λήμματα μοχθηρὰ καὶ πλεονεξίας μεγάλας εἰς ἐφικτὸν ἡκούσας ὑπερβῆναι
ῥᾴδιον ᾧτινι μὴ πόρρωθεν ἐνδέδεται 1καὶ κεκόλασται τὸ φιλοκερδές,
ἀλλ᾽ οἷς ἔξεστιν 2 ἀνέδην 3 εἰς τὸ κερδαίνειν ἀνατεθραμμένον σπαργᾷ 4
πρὸς τὰς ἀδικίας 5 μάλα μόλις καὶ χαλεπῶς τοῦ πλεονεκτεῖν
ἀπεχόμενον. ἀνδρὶ δὲ μὴ φίλων προϊεμένῳ χάρισι μὴ βασιλέων δωρεαῖς
αὑτόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τύχης κλῆρον ἀπειπαμένῳ καὶ θησαυροῦ φανέντος
ἐπιπηδῶσαν ἀποστήσαντι τὴν φιλοπλουτίαν,
οὐκ ἐπανίσταται πρὸς τὰς ἀδικίας οὐδὲ θορυβεῖ τὴν διάνοιαν ἀλλ᾽
εὐκόλως ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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