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περὶ μὲν οὖν ἀσκήσεως ἱκανὰ καὶ ταῦτα: τῶν δὲ χρησίμων ἐπιλογισμῶν
πρῶτός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων [p. 378] καὶ ὑπομιμνήσκων, ὅτι πᾶσι
μὲν τοῖς πάθεσιν ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ τοῖς νοσήμασιν ἃ φεύγειν δι᾽ αὐτῶν
δοκοῦμεν, ἀδοξίαι φιλοδοξίαις καὶ λῦπαι φιληδονίαις καὶ πόνοι μαλακίαις
καὶ φιλονικίαις 1 ἧτται καὶ καταδίκαι: τῇ δὲ
δυσωπίᾳ συμβέβηκεν ἀτεχνῶς φευγούσῃ καπνὸν ἀδοξίας 2 εἰς πῦρ ἐμβάλλειν
ἑαυτήν. αἰσχυνόμενοι γὰρ ἀντιλέγειν τοῖς ἀγνωμόνως δυσωποῦσιν ὕστερον
δυσωποῦνται τοὺς δικαίως ἐγκαλοῦντας, καὶ
δεδιότες μέμψιν
ἐλαφρὰν πολλάκις αἰσχύνην ὁμολογουμένην ὑπομένουσι. καὶ γὰρ αἰτοῦντος
ἀργύριον φίλου δυσωπηθέντες ἀντειπεῖν οὐκ ἔχοντες, ἀσχημονοῦσι μετ᾽
ὀλίγον ἐξελεγχόμενοι καὶ βοηθήσειν ὁμολογήσαντες ἐνίοις δίκην ἔχουσιν,
εἶτα τοὺς ἑτέρους διατραπέντες ἀποκρύπτονται καὶ δραπετεύουσι. πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ περὶ γάμου θυγατρὸς 3 ἢ ἀδελφῆς εἰς
ὁμολογίαν ἀλυσιτελῆ κατακλείσασα δυσωπία ψεύδεσθαι πάλιν ἀναγκάζει
μετατιθεμένους.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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