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[310] ἀμείνω αἴσιμα πάντα, ‘fair measure in all things is best;’ cp. sup. 51 “θαρσαλέος ἀνὴρ . . ἀμείνων . . τελέθει”, Od.17. 578κακὸς δ᾽ αἰδοῖος ἀλήτης”=‘it will never do for a mendicant to be shy.’ See also Soph. Antig.1327βράχιστα γὰρ κράτιστα τἀν ποσὶν κακά”.

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