# Dialexeis 5.Subsection a-7

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΔ΄ XIV (Duebn. XX vulg. 4 B 17), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20a-7

Βούλει δὴ συνελὼν τὸν μὲν κόλακα κατὰ τὴν μοχθηρίαν τάξαι, τὸν δὲ φίλον κατὰ τὴν ἀρετήν, λύπην δὲ καὶ ἡδονὴν χαίρειν ἐᾶν; οὔτε γὰρ τὸ φιλεῖν ἡδονῆς ἀτυχές, οὔτε τὸ κολακεύειν λύπης ἄμοιρον, ἀλλʼ ἑκάτερον ἐν ἑκατέρῳ φύρεται, καὶ ἡδονὴ ἐν φιλίᾳ, καὶ λύπη ἐν κολακείαις· ἐπεὶ καὶ αἱ μητέρες καὶ αἱ τιτθαὶ φιλοῦσιν τὰ βρέφη, καὶ πρὸς ἡδονὴν αὐτὰ θεραπεύουσιν, καὶ οὐκ ἀφαιρήσεις αὐτῶν τὸ φιλεῖν διὰ τὴν ἡδονήν.

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Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ed. Hermann Hobein. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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