μισῶ δ᾽ εὐάγκαλον 1ἀεὶ φεύγουσα καὶ τρέμουσα τὴν ὑπόμνησιν τοῦ παιδός, ὅτι συμπαροῦσαν λύπην 5 εἶχεν: πᾶν γὰρ ἡ φύσις φεύγει τὸ δυσχεραινόμενον. δεῖ γάρ, ὥσπερ αὐτὴ [p. 577] πάντων ἥδιστον ἡμῖν ἄσπασμα καὶ θέαμα καὶ ἄκουσμα παρεῖχεν ἑαυτήν, οὕτω καὶ τὴν ἐπίνοιαν αὐτῆς ἐνδιαιτᾶσθαι καὶ συμβιοῦν ἡμῖν πλέον ἔχουσαν, μᾶλλον δὲ πολλαπλάσιον, τὸ εὐφραῖνον ἢ τὸ λυποῦν: εἴπερ ἄρα τι τῶν λόγων, οὓς πολλάκις εἰρήκαμεν πρὸς ἑτέρους, εἰκός ἐστι καὶ ἡμῖν ὄφελος ἐν καιρῷ γενέσθαι, καὶ μὴ καθῆσθαι μηδ᾽ ἐγκεκλεῖσθαι πολλαπλασίας ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ἐκείναις λύπας ἀντιδιδόντας.
2 τόξον κρανείας, γυμνάσιά δ᾽ 3 οἴχετ 4
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ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὁρῶ, γύναι, διὰ τί ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ζώσης μὲν ἔτερπεν
ἡμᾶς νυνὶ δ᾽ ἀνιάσει καὶ συνταράξει, λαμβάνοντας ἐπίνοιαν αὐτῶν. ἀλλὰ
καὶ δέδια πάλιν, μὴ συνεκβάλωμεν τῷ λυποῦντι τὴν μνήμην , ὥσπερ ἡ Κλυμένη λέγουσα
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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