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καὶ κρατεῖν ἀεὶ τῆς ἡδονῆς ταύτης ἀλλὰ
μὴ κρατεῖσθαι. τὸν δὲ κιττὸν πότερον ὡς: ἄκαρπον καὶ ἄχρηστον
ἀνθρώποις, ἀδρανῆ δὲ καὶ δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν ἑτέρων ὀχούντων δεόμενον, σκιᾷ
δὲ καὶ χλωρότητος ὄψει γοητεύοντα τοὺς
πολλοὺς, οὐκ ᾤοντο δεῖν ἀσύμβολον ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις μάτην ἐντρέφεσθαι
καὶ περιπλέκεσθαι, βλαβερὸν ὄντα τοῖς προσδεχομένοις [p. 319]
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