οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην μὴ στέγοντα πιμπλάναι,δικαιότερον ἄν τις εἴποι πρὸς τὸν ἀδόλεσχον 2
σοφοὺς ἐπαντλῶν ἀνδρὶ μὴ σοφῷ λόγους
οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην μὴ δεχόμενον πιμπλάναι,μᾶλλον δὲ περιαντλῶν λόγους ἀνθρώπῳ λαλοῦντι
σοφοὺς ἐπαντλῶν ἀνδρὶ μὴ σοφῷ λόγους:
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οὐδενὸς ἁκούουσιν, ἀεὶ γὰρ λαλοῦσι. καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἔχει πρῶτον κακὸν ἡ ἀσιγησία, τὴν
ἀνηκοΐαν. κωφότης γὰρ αὐθαίρετός ἐστιν, ἀνθρώπων οἶμαι
μεμφομένων τὴν φύσιν, ὅτι μίαν μὲν γλῶτταν δύο δ᾽ ὦτ᾽ ἔχουσιν.
εἴπερ οὖν ὁ Εὐριπίδης 1 καλῶς εἶπε πρὸς τὸν ἀσύνετον ἀκροατὴν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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