ἑλικτὰ κοὐδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλὰ πᾶν πέριξἐπαμπεχομένοις καὶ ἀποκρυπτομένοις διὰ φόβον ἃς ἔχουσι δόξας. καὶ μὴν μετά γε τοὺς πονηροὺς καὶ τοὺς πολλοὺς; τρίτον ἤδη σκεψώμεθα, τὸ βέλτιστον ἀνθρώπων καὶ θεοφιλέστατον γένος ἐν ἡλίκαις εἰσὶν ἡδοναῖς, καθαραῖς περὶ θεοῦ δόξαις συνόντες, ὡς πάντων μὲν ἡγεμὼν ἀγαθῶν πάντων δὲ πατὴρ καλῶν ἐκεῖνός ἐστι, καὶ φαῦλον οὐδὲν αὐτῷ ποιεῖν θέμις ὥσπερ οὐδὲ πάσχειν. ἀγαθὸς γάρ ἐστιν, ἀγαθῷ δὲ περὶ οὐδενὸς ἐγγίνεται φθόνος, οὔτε φόβος οὔτε ὀργὴ οὔτ᾽ μῖσος: οὐδὲ γὰρ θερμοῦ τὸ ψύχειν ἀλλὰ
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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