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ἐμφράξαι τὰ
ὦτα κηρῷ δίκην ἔχοντος, ὅπως μὴ συγχέῃ
τὸ πρᾶγμα διὰ θυμὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν
λοιδορούμενος.
αὐτοὺς δ᾽ ἡμᾶς οὐ πολλάκις ἐκφεύγει τὸ
κολάσαι πλημμελήσαντα δοῦλον; 1 ἀποδιδράσκουσι
γὰρ τὰς ἀπειλὰς καὶ τοὺς λόγους δείσαντες.
ὅπερ οὖν αἱ τίτθαι πρὸς τὰ παιδία
λέγουσι ‘μὴ κλαῖε καὶ λήψῃ,'’ τοῦτο
πρὸς τὸν θυμὸν οὐκ ἀχρήστως λεκτέον ‘μὴ σπεῦδε
μηδὲ βόα μηδ᾽ ἐπείγου, καὶ μᾶλλον ἃ
θέλεις γενήσεται καὶ βέλτιον’ καὶ γὰρ
παῖδ᾽ ἰδὼν πατὴρ ἐπιχειροῦντά τι σιδηρίῳ
διελεῖν ἢ τεμεῖν, αὐτὸς λαβὼν τὸ σιδήριον
ἐποίησε: καὶ τοῦ
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