# Ἀριστείδου καὶ Κάτωνος σύγκρισις 5.2

Plutarch, Ἀριστείδου καὶ Κάτωνος σύγκρισις, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-33/5.2

ἐν οἷς Ἀριστείδης ἔργῳ μὲν οὐδενὸς ἐλείπετο, δόξης δὲ καὶ στεφάνων, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει πλούτου καὶ χρημάτων, ὑφήκατο τοῖς μᾶλλον δεομένοις, ὅτι καὶ πάντων τούτων διέφερεν· ἐγὼ δʼ οὐ μέμφομαι μὲν Κάτωνος τὸ μεγαλύνειν ἀεί καὶ πρῶτον ἑαυτὸν ἁπάντων τίθεσθαι· καίτοι φησὶν ἔν τινι λόγῳ τὸ ἐπαινεῖν αὑτὸν ὥσπερ τὸ λοιδορεῖν ἄτοπον εἶναι· τελειότερος δέ μοι δοκεῖ πρὸς ἀρετὴν τοῦ πολλάκις ἑαυτὸν ἐγκωμιάζοντος ὁ μηδʼ ἑτέρων τοῦτο ποιούντων δεόμενος.

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Plutarch, Ἀριστείδου καὶ Κάτωνος σύγκρισις, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0007.tlg026.local001/.