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ἐπεὶ δὲ τῷ μὲν ἑαυτὸν ἐπαινοῦντι πολεμοῦσιν οἱ πολλοὶ σφόδρα καὶ
ἄχθονται, τῷ δ᾽ ἑτέρους οὐχ ὁμοίως, ἀλλὰ καὶ χαίρουσι πολλάκις καὶ
συνεπιμαρτυροῦσι προθύμως: εἰώθασιν ἔνιοι
τοὺς ταὐτὰ προαιρουμένους καὶ πράττοντας αὐτοῖς 1 καὶ ὅλως ὁμοιοτρόπους, ἐπαινοῦντες ἐν καιρῷ
συνοικειοῦν καὶ συνεπιστρέφειν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς τὸν ἀκροατήν: ἐπιγιγνώσκει
γὰρ εὐθὺς ἐν τῷ λέγοντι, κἂν
περὶ ἄλλου λέγηται,
τὴν ὁμοιότητα τὴν ἀρετῆς τῶν αὐτῶν ἀξίαν ἐπαίνων οὖσαν. ὡς γὰρ ὁ
λοιδορῶν ἕτερον ἐφ᾽ οἷς αὐτὸς ἔνοχός ἐστιν, λανθάνει λοιδορῶν μᾶλλον
ἑαυτὸν ἢ ἐκεῖνον, οὕτως οἱ ἀγαθοὶ τοὺς [p. 403] ἀγαθοὺς
τιμῶντες ἀναμιμνήσκουσιν αὑτῶν τοὺς συνειδότας: ὥστ᾽ εὐθὺς ἐπιφωνεῖν
‘σὺ γὰρ οὐ τοιοῦτος;᾽’ Ἀλέξανδρος μὲν οὖν Ἡρακλέα τιμῶν καὶ
πάλιν Ἀλέξανδρον Ἀνδρόκοττος, 2 ἑαυτοὺς;
εἰς τὸ τιμᾶσθαι προῆγον ἀπὸ τῶν ὁμοίων.
Διονύσιος δὲ τὸν Γέλωνα διασύρων καὶ γέλωτα τῆς Σικελίας ἀποκαλῶν,
ἐλάνθανεν ὑπὸ φθόνου καθαιρῶν τὸ μέγεθος καὶ τὸ ἀξίωμα τῆς περὶ αὑτὸν
δυνάμεως.
2 X: ἀνδρόκοπος
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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