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διὸ τῶν παθῶν μάλιστα τῷ δυσωπεῖσθαι τὸ μετανοεῖν οὐχ ὕστερον, ἀλλ᾽
εὐθὺς ἐν οἷς πράττει πάρεστι: καὶ γὰρ
διδόντες ἀχθόμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦντες αἰσχυνόμεθα καὶ συνηγοροῦντες 1 ἀδοξοῦμεν
καὶ μὴ παρέχοντες
ἐλεγχόμεθα. πολλὰ γὰρ ὑπ᾽ [p. 381] ἀσθενείας τοῦ ἀντιλέγειν
καὶ τῶν ἀδυνάτων ἡμῖν ὑπισχνούμεθα τοῖς λιπαροῦσιν 2 ὡς συστάσεις ἐν
αὐλαῖς καὶ πρὸς ἡγεμόνας ἐντεύξεις, μὴ βουλόμενοι μηδ᾽ εὐτονοῦντες
εἰπεῖν ‘οὐκ οἶδεν ἡμᾶς ὁ βασιλεύς, ἀλλ᾽
ἑτέρους ὅρα 3 μᾶλλον,’ 4 ὡς Λύσανδρος Ἀγησιλάῳ προσκεκρουκὼς
ἀξιούμενος δὲ
μέγιστον δύνασθαι παρ᾽ αὐτῷ διὰ τὴν δόξαν, οὐκ ᾐσχύνετο παραιτεῖσθαι
τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας, ἀπιέναι πρὸς ἑτέρους κελεύων καὶ πειρᾶσθαι τῶν
μᾶλλον αὐτοῦ παρὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ δυναμένων. οὐ
γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τὸ μὴ πάντα δύνασθαι: τὸ δὲ μὴ δυναμένους ἢ μὴ πεφυκότας
ἀναδέχεσθαι τὰ τοιαῦτα καὶ παραβιάζεσθαι, πρὸς τῷ αἰσχρῷ καὶ
λυπηρότατόν ἐστιν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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