24. διὸ συμβουλεύω σοι, ‘ Θετταλὲ ποικιλόδιφρε,’ τὰς ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκημάτων ἀσπάζεσθαι καὶ μὴ καταναλίσκειν εἰς οὐδὲν δέον τὰ τῶν υἱῶν κέρματα,
ἂν δὲ μὴ χαίρῃ γελῶσα, διατελεῖ τὴν ἡμέραν
ἔνδον, ὥσπερ τοῖς μαγείροις ἃ παράκειθ᾽ ἑκάστοτε,
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