ταῦτ᾽ ἢν ποῇς, ῥᾴων ἔσει τὴν οὐσίαν. ’
παῦσαι κυβεύων, μειράκιον, καὶ τοῖς βλίτοις
διαχρῶ τὸ λοιπόν, κοιλίαν σκληρὰν ἔχεις:
τὰ πετραῖα τῶν ἰχθυδίων ἀπέσθιε:
ἡ τρὺξ ἄριστόν ἐστιν εἰς εὐβουλίαν.
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‘ κοπτὴν ἧς συμβουλεύω σοι ἀπεσθίειν.’ καὶ ὃς οὐδὲν μελλήσας ἀνελόμενος ἤσθιεν. γελασάντων δὲ πάντων ἔφη ὁ Δημόκριτος: ‘ ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐσθίειν σοι προσέταξα, καλὲ ὀνοματοθήρα, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐσθίειν: τὸ γὰρ ἀπεσθίειν οὕτως εἴρηκεν ἐν Φινεῖ ὁ κωμῳδιοποιὸς Θεόπομπος:
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