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Σιμωνίδης ὁ ποιητής, ὦ Σόσσιε Σενεκίων, ἔν τινι πότῳ ξένον ἰδὼν κατακείμενον σιωπῇ καὶ μηδενὶ διαλεγόμενον, ‘ὦ ἄνθρωπ᾽’ εἶπεν ‘εἰ μὲν ἠλίθιος εἶ, σοφὸν πρᾶγμα ποιεῖς εἰ δὲ σοφός, ἠλίθιον.’ ‘ἀμαθίην γὰρ ἄμεινον’ ὥς φησιν Ἡράκλειτος 1 ‘κρύπτειν, ἔργον δὲ ἐν ἀνέσει καὶ παρ᾽ οἶνον’
1 Ἡράκλειτος] Bywater. p. 42
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