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ἦν δ̓ οὐ μικρόν, ὡς
ἔοικεν, ἔργον, ἀλλὰ καὶ λόγων πολλῶν καὶ δεήσεως τὸ πεῖσαι καὶ
μεταστῆσαι γνώμην ἀνδρὸς ἐν ἡσυχία καὶ εἰρήνῃ βεβιωκότος εἰς ἀρχὴν
πόλεως τρόπον τινὰ καὶ γεγενημένης 1 πολέμῳ καὶ συνηυξημένης.
ἔλεγεν οὖν τοῦ τε πατρὸς αὐτοῦ παρόντος καὶ
Μαρκίου, τῶν συγγενῶν ἑνός, ὡς ‘πᾶσα μὲν ἀνθρωπίνου
βίου μεταβολὴ σφαλερὸν ᾧ δὲ μήτ᾽ ἄπεστί τι τῶν ἱκανῶν μήτε μεμπτόν
ἐστι τῶν παρόντων, τοῦτον οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν ἄνοια μετακοσμεῖ καὶ
μεθίστησιν ἐκ τῶν συνήθων οἷς κἂν εἰ μηδὲν ἕτερον προσείη, ’
1 γεγνημένης Bekker has γεγεννημένης (born), after Coraës.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1.
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