Apophthegmata Laconica

Plutarch

Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol II. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.

ἄζηλον δὲ ποιήσας τὸν πλοῦτον, οὐδενὸς;

οὐδὲ χρῆσθαι οὐδὲ ἐπιδεῖξαι δυναμένου, ἔλεγε πρὸς τοὺς συνήθεις ὡς καλόν ἐστιν, ὦ ἑταῖροι, διὰ τῶν ἔργων ἐπιδεῖξαι τὸν πλοῦτον ὁποῖός ἐστι τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, ὅτι τυφλός.