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Next to these are they who with their reproaches
intermix some praises, as did Aristoxenus, who, having
termed Socrates unlearned, ignorant, and libidinous, added,
Yet was he free from injustice. For, as they who flatter
artificially and craftily sometimes mingle light reprehensions with their many and great praises, joining this liberty
of speech as a sauce to their flattery; so malice, that it
may gain belief to its accusations, adds also praise.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 4.
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