κτήσαιτ᾽ ἂν ὄλβον εἰς ὑπερβολὴν πατρός;
οὐδ᾽ αὖ πένεσθαι κἀξυπηρετεῖν τύχαις
οἷοὶ τ᾽ : ἔθη γὰρ οὐκ ἐθισθέντες καλὰ.
σκληρῶς διαλλάσσουσιν εἰς τἀμήχανα.
λαμπροὶ δ᾽ ἐν ἥβῃ καὶ πόλεως ἀγάλματα
φοιτῶσ᾽ ὅταν δὲ προσπέσῃ γῆρας πικρόν,
τρίβωνες ἐκβαλόντες οἴχονται κρόκας.
ἐμεμψάμην δὲ καὶ τὸν Ἑλλήνων νόμον,
οἳ τῶνδ᾽ ἕκατι σύλλογον ποιούμενοι
τιμῶσ᾽ ἀχρείους ἡδονὰς δαιτὸς χάριν.
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