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‘ ἀμειβόμενος;. δεῖ γὰρ οὐχ ἧττον ἡδὺν εἶναι τῷ δειπνίζοντι τὸν κεκλημένον ἢ τῷ κεκλημένῳ τὸν ὑποδεχόμενον: ἔσται δ᾽ ἡδύς, ἐὰν μὴ μόνον ἑαυτὸν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὑτῷ καὶ δι᾽ αὑτὸν 1 ἥκοντας ἐπιδεξίους παρέχῃ καὶ προσηνεῖς. ὅ γε μὴν λοιπὸς; ἔτι τῶν τριῶν οὗτος ὁ καλούμενος ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρου πρὸς ἕτερον, τὸ μὲν τῆς σκιὰν: ἀναινόμενος ὄνομα καὶ δυσχεραίνων, ἀληθῶς σκιὰν δόξει φοβεῖσθαι, δεῖται δὲ πλείστης εὐλαβείας. οὔτε γὰρ τοῖς τυχοῦσιν ἀκολουθεῖν ἑτοίμως καλὸν 2 οὔθ᾽ ὅπως ἔτυχεν: ἀλλὰ 3 δεῖ σκοπεῖν πρῶτον τίς ὁ καλῶν ἐστιν. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1892. 4.
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