# Μάρκος Κάτων 18.4

Plutarch, Μάρκος Κάτων, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-26/18.4

Σκόπας δὲ ὁ Θετταλὸς αἰτουμένου τινὸς τῶν φίλων παρʼ αὐτοῦ τι τοιοῦτον, ὃ μὴ σφόδρα ἦν χρήσιμον ἐκείνῳ, καὶ λέγοντος, ὡς οὐδὲν αἰτεῖ τῶν ἀναγκαίων καὶ χρησίμων καὶ μὴν ἐγὼ τούτοις εἶπεν, εὐδαίμων καὶ πλούσιός εἰμι, τοῖς ἀχρήστοις καὶ περιττοῖς. οὕτως ὁ τοῦ πλούτου ζῆλος οὐδενὶ πάθει φυσικῷ συνημμένος ἐκ τῆς ὀχλώδους καὶ θυραίου δόξης ἐπεισόδιός ἐστιν.

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Plutarch, Μάρκος Κάτων, ed. Bernadotte Perrin. 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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