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τούτου δ᾽ αἴτιον ὅτι ἡδὺ καὶ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν κακόν: τὰ δ᾽ ἐν ἐλπίδι ὅσα παρόντα ἢ εὐφραίνειν ἢ ὠφελεῖν φαίνεται μεγάλα, καὶ ἄνευ λύπης ὠφελεῖν. ὅλως δὲ ὅσα παρόντα εὐφραίνει, καὶ
ἐλπίζοντας καὶ μεμνημένους ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ: διὸ καὶ τὸ ὀργίζεσθαι ἡδύ, ὥσπερ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐποίησε περὶ τοῦ θυμοῦ “ὅς τε πολὺ γλυκίων μέλιτος καταλειβομένοιο
” Hom. Il. 18.109 (οὐθεὶς γὰρ ὀργίζεται τῷ ἀδυνάτῳ φαινομένῳ τιμωρίας τυχεῖν, τοῖς δὲ πολὺ ὑπὲρ αὑτοὺς τῇ δυνάμει ἢ οὐκ ὀργίζονται ἢ
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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