[3]
Observing
that certain of those who are loved and possess their share of good looks make
the right use of neither one of these blessings, but put on grand airs because
of the comeliness of their appearance and exhibit reluctance to associate with
their admirers,1 and so far fail in judging what is best that,
because of those who pervert the thing, they assume a surly attitude toward
those also who desire to associate with them from pure motives, I concluded that
such young men not only defeat their own interests but also engender evil habits
in the rest,
1 The Greek word means “lover” or “sweetheart,” applied to men as well as women.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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