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δοκεῖ. μέχρι γὰρ τοῦδε οἱ ἔπαινοι ἀνεκτοί εἰσιν εἰς ὅσον ἂν ὁ ἐπαινούμενος γνωρίζῃ ἕκαστον τῶν λεγομένων προσὸν ἑαυτῷ: τὸ δὲ ὑπὲρ τοῦτο
ἀλλότριον ἤδη καὶ κολακεία σαφής.’
‘ καίτοι πολλούς,’ ἔφη, ‘οἶδα χαίροντας, εἴ τις αὐτοὺς ἐπαινῶν καὶ ἃ μὴ ἔχουσιν προσάπτοι
τῷ λόγῳ, οἷον εἰ γέροντας ὄντας εὐδαιμονίζοι τῆς ἀκμῆς ἢ ἀμόρφοις οὖσι τὸ Νιρέως κάλλος
ἢ τὸ Φάωνος περιθείη: οἴονται γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπαίνων ἀλλαγήσεσθαι σφίσι καὶ τὰς μορφὰς
[p. 300] καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀνηβήσειν αὖθις, ὥσπερ ὁ Πελίας
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