Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 2.1.6 — Symposiacs

Plut. Mor., Symposiacs 2.1.6 — Symposiacs, Plutarch; served verbatim

Butt more, those that jocosely put scandalous names upon things commendable, if it be opportunely done, please more than he that plainly and openly commends; for those that cover a reproach under fair and respectful words (as he that calls an unjust man Aristides, a coward Achilles) gall more than those that openly abuse. Such is that of Oedipus, in Sophocles, The faithful Creon, my most constant friend. The familiar irony in commendations answers to this on the other side. Such Socrates used, when he called the kind endeavor and industry of Antisthenes to make men friends pimping, bawds-craft, and allurement; and others that called Crates the philosopher, who wherever he went was caressed and honored, the door-opener.

The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.

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Symposiacs, Plutarch — translated by Thomas Creech (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874
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