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Κυβείᾳ γὰρ ὁ Πλάτων 1 τὸν βίον
ἀπείκασεν, ἐν
ᾧ καὶ βάλλειν δεῖ τὰ πρόσφορα, καὶ
βαλόντα χρῆσθαι καλῶς τοῖς πεσοῦσι. τούτων
δὲ τὸ μὲν βάλλειν οὐκ ἐφ᾽
ἡμῖν, τὸ δὲ προσηκόντως δέχεσθαι τὰ
γιγνόμενα παρὰ τῆς τύχης καὶ νέμειν
ἑκάστῳ τόπον, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τὸ οἰκεῖον
ὠφελήσει μάλιστα καὶ τὸ ἀβούλητον ἥκιστα λυπήσει τοὺς
ἐπιτυγχάνοντας, ἡμέτερον ἔργον ἐστίν, ἂν
εὖ φρονῶμεν. τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἀτέχνους καὶ
ἀνοήτους περὶ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ τοὺς
νοσώδεις τοῖς σώμασι μήτε καῦμα φέρειν μήτε
κρύος δυναμένους ἐξίστησι μὲν εὐτυχία
συστέλλει δὲ
δυστυχία: ταράττονται δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων,
μᾶλλον δ᾽ ὑφ᾽ αὑτῶν ἐν ἀμφοτέροις καὶ οὐχ
ἧττον ἐν τοῖς λεγομένοις ἀγαθοῖς.
Θεόδωρος μὲν γὰρ ὁ κληθεὶς ἄθεος ἔλεγε,
τῇ δεξιᾷ τοὺς λόγους ὀρέγοντος αὐτοῦ,
τῇ ἀριστερᾷ δέχεσθαι τοὺς
ἀκροωμένους: οἱ δ᾽ ἀπαίδευτοι πολλάκις τὴν τύχην
δεξιὰν παρισταμένην ἐπαριστέρως λαμβάνοντες
ἀσχημονοῦσιν οἱ δὲ φρόνιμοι, καθάπερ ταῖς
μελίτταις φέρει μέλι τὸ δριμύτατον καὶ
ξηρότατον ὁ θύμος, οὕτως ἀπὸ τῶν
δυσχερεστάτων πολλάκις πραγμάτων οἰκεῖόν τι
καὶ χρήσιμον
αὑτοῖς λαμβάνουσι.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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