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ὡς
γὰρ σῶμα τὸ
καλῶς πρὸς εὐεξίαν κεκραμένον οὔτ᾽ ἐσθῆτος οὔτε τροφῆς δεῖται περιττῆς, οὕτω καὶ βίος καὶ
οἶκος
ὑγιαίνων ἀπὸ τῶν τυχόντων διοικεῖται. δεῖ δὲ τῇ χρείᾳ σύμμετρον ἔχειν τὴν κτῆσιν: ὡς ὅ γε πολλὰ συνάγων, ὀλίγοις δὲ χρώμενος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτάρκης, ἀλλ᾽ εἴτε μὴ δεῖται, τῆς παρασκευῆς ὧν οὐκ ὀρέγεται μάταιος, εἴτ᾽ ὀρέγεται, μικρολογίᾳ κολούων τὴν ἀπόλαυσιν ἄθλιος.
αὐτοῦ γέ τοι Κάτωνος ἡδέως ἂν πυθοίμην εἰ μὲν ἀπολαυστὸν ὁ πλοῦτός ἐστι,
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