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ἐμὲ τῷ σκώμματι. δίδωμι γὰρ αὐτὸς τὴν αἰτίαν
ὥσπερ οἱ τράγοι τὸ γένειον ἔχων, ἐξὸν οἶμαι λεῖον
αὐτὸ ποιεῖν καὶ ψιλόν, ὁποῖον οἱ καλοὶ τῶν παίδων
ἔχουσιν ἅπασαί τε αἱ γυναῖκες, αἷς φύσει
πρόσεστι τὸ ἐράσμιον. ὑμεῖς δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ
ζηλοῦντες τοὺς ὑμῶν αὐτῶν υἱέας καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας
ὑπὸ ἁβρότητος βίου καὶ ἴσως ἁπαλότητος
τρόπου λεῖον ἐπιμελῶς ἐργάζεσθε, τὸν ἄνδρα
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