ἐν ἅρμασιν ἵππος, ἐν δ᾽ ἀρότρῳ βοῦς,ὁ δ᾽ ἀσχάλλων καὶ λυπούμενος ὅτι μὴ καὶ λέων ἐστὶν
2 παρὰ ναῦν δ᾽ ἰθύει τάχιστα δελφίς,
κάπρῳ δὲ βουλεύοντα φόνον
κύνα χρὴ τλάθυμον ἐξευρεῖν.
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‘ ψυχὴν δ᾽ ἀσθενῆ’ καὶ χρημάτων
ἐπιμέλεια μὲν συνεχὴς καὶ τήρησις αὔξει
πλοῦτον, ὑπεροψία δὲ καὶ περιφρόνησις 1 μέγα πρὸς
φιλοσοφίαν ἐφόδιον. ὅθεν οὐ πάντα πάντων
ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ δεῖ τῷ Πυθικῷ γράμματι
πειθόμενον αὑτὸν καταμαθεῖν: εἶτα χρῆσθαι
πρὸς ἓν ὃ πέφυκε, καὶ μὴ πρὸς ἄλλον
ἄλλοτε βίου ζῆλον ἕλκειν καὶ παραβιάζεσθαι
τὴν φύσιν:
1 ὑπεροψία δὲ καὶ περιφρόνησις] ἀνυπεροψία δὲ καὶ σωφροσύνη Stobaeus
2 vid. p. 451 d
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