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δεῖ δ᾽ ὥσπερ ἱστίον τὸ σῶμα μήτε συστέλλειν εὐδίας οὔσης καὶ πιέζειν σφόδρα, μήτ᾽ ἀνειμένως χρῆσθαὶ τε καὶ καταφρονεῖν ἐν ὑποψίᾳ γενόμενον, 1 ἀλλ᾽ ἐνδιδόναι καὶ ποιεῖν ἐλαφρὸν ὥσπερ εἴρηται, καὶ μὴ περιμένειν ἀπεψίας καὶ διαρροίας μηδὲ θερμασίας μηδὲ, νάρκας, ὑφ᾽ ὧν ἔνιοι μόλις ὥσπερ ὑπ᾽ ἀγγέλων ἢ κλητόρων, πυρετοῦ περὶ θύρας ὄντος; ἤδη,
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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