τίς φησὶ τοὺς ἐρῶντας οὐχὶ νοῦν ἔχειν;
ἦ ποὺ τίς ἐστι τοὺς τρόπους ἀβέλτερος.
εἰ γὰρ ἀφέλοι τις τοῦ βίου τὰς ἡδονάς,
καταλείπετ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν τεθνηκέναι.
ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν καὐτὸς κιθαριστρίας ἐρῶν,
παιδὸς κόρης, οὐ νοῦν ἔχω πρὸς τῶν θεῶν;
κάλλει καλῆς, μεγέθει μεγάλης, τέχνῃ σοφῆς:
ἥν ἐστ᾽ ἰδεῖν ἥδιον ἢ τὸ θεωρικὸν
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