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Of Antiphanes. Evil gains have small pleasures, but long griefs.

Of Euripides. For whatever man is naturally disposed to have more, Thinks nothing just nor wishes it. He is unsociable to friends, and to the whole city. 857 Someone catching a man stealing his stone, and when that man said that

I did not know that they were yours, he said, But you knew that they were not yours either. Of Menander. Greed is the greatest evil for men. Those who wish to take what belongs to their neighbors, Often fail, being overcome; And they add their own possessions to those of others. Of Plato. Theft of money is ignoble; but robbery, shameless. Of Philemon. If we do not even use what we have, But seek what we do not have, We will be deprived of some things through chance, and of others through ourselves. Of Euripides. If someone is fortunate, and possesses a livelihood, But nevertheless attempts none of the noble things; I would never call him blessed, But rather a fortunate guardian of possessions. DISCOURSE 23. Concerning the honor of parents and love of children. (15E_218> Deut. 5:16. Honor your father and your mother; and: Love your

neighbor as yourself. Col. 3. Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is

well-pleasing in the Lord. Sirach 3. Child, support your father in his old age, and if his understanding fails,

have patience; and do not dishonor him in all your strength. For alms given to a father will not be forgotten; and as fair weather in frost, so will your sins be dissolved.

Sirach 7. With your whole heart, glorify your father, and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother. Remember that through them you were born, and what will you give back to them, as they did for you?

Of Basil. Grateful children make great the praises of their fathers. Of the Theologian. Do the good, because it is good to obey one's father; and if nothing

should be your concern, this itself is the reward, to please your father. As a servant, serve those who begot you; for what will you give back to them, such as

they did for you? for it is not possible to beget them in return. Fathers who neglect the modesty and prudence of their children, happen to be child-killers, and more terrible than those, inasmuch as the destruction and death is also for the soul.

860 Of Cyril. The first virtuous piety of Christians is to honor (15E_220> those who begot them; to repay the toils of those who bore them, and with all strength the

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Ἀντιφάνους. Τά μέν πονηρά κέρδη, τάς μέν ἡδονάς ἔχει μικράς, τάς δέ λύπας μακράς.

Εὐριπίδ. Ὅστις γάρ ἐπί τό πλεῖον ἔχει πέφυκ' ἀνήρ, Οὐδέν φρονεῖ δίκαιον οὐδέ βούλεται. Φίλοις τ' ἄμικτός ἐστι, καί πάσῃ πόλει. 857 Καταλαβών τίς τινα λίθου αὐτοῦ κλέπτοντα, κἀκείνου λέγοντος, ὅτι

Οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον ὅτι σοί εἰσιν, ἔφη, Ἀλλ᾿ ᾔδεις ὅτι οὐδέ σοί. Μεάνδρου. Πλεονεξία μέγιστον ἄνθρώποις κακόν. Οἱ μέν θέλοντες προσλαβεῖν τά τῶν πέλας, Ἀποτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις νικώμενοι· Τά δ᾿ ἴδια προστιθέασι τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις. Πλάτωνος. Κλοπή μέν χρημάτων, ἀνελεύθερον· ἀρπαγή δέ, ἀναίσχυντον. Φιλήμ. Ἐάν οἷς ἔχωμεν, τούτοις μηδέ χρώμεθα, Ἅ δ᾿ οὐκ ἔχομεν ταῦτα ζητοῦμεν, Ὧν μέν διά τύχην, ὧν δέ δι᾿ ἑαυτούς ἐσόμεθα ἐστερημένοι. Εὐριπίδ. Εἰ δ᾿ εὐτυχῶν τις, καί βίον κεκτημένος, Μηδέν δ᾿ ὅμως τι τῶν καλῶν πειράσεται· Ἐγώ μέν αὐτόν οὔποτ᾿ ὄλβιον καλῶ, Φύλακα δέ μᾶλλον χρημάτων εὐδαίμονα. ΛΟΓΟΣ ΚΓ´. Περί τιμῆς γονέων καί φιλοτεκνίας. (15Ε_218> ∆ευτ. ε´στ´. Τίμα τόν πατέρα σου καί τήν μητέρα· καί· Ἀγάπα τόν

πλησίον σου ὡς ἑαυτόν. Κολ. γ´. Τά τέκνα ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσιν ὑμῶν κατά πάντα· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν

εὐάρεστον ἐν Κυρίῳ. Σιράχ γ´. Τέκνον, ἀντιλαβοῦ ἐν γήρᾳ πατρός σου, καί ἐάν ἀπολίπῃ σύνεσιν,

συγγνώμην ἔχε· καί μή ἀτιμάσῃς αὐτόν ἐν πάσῃ ἰσχύϊ σου. Ἐλεημοσύνη γάρ πατρός, οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσεται· καί ὡς εὐδία ἐν παγετῷ, οὕτως ἀναλυθήσονταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι.

Σιράχ ζ´. Ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ σου δόξασον τόν πατέρα σου, καίμητρός ὠδῖνας μή ἐπιλάθῃ. Μνήσθητι ὅτι δι᾿ αὐτῶν ἐγεννήθης, καί τί ἀνταποδώσεις αὐτοῖς, καθώς αὐτοί σοί;

Βασιλείου. Εὐγνώμονες παῖδες μεγάλα ποιοῦσι τά τῶν πατέρων ἐγκώμια. Θεολόγου. Ἔργασαι τό καλόν, ὅτι καλόν τῷ πατρί πείθεσθαι· καί εἴ σοι μηδέν

ἔσεσθαι μέλοι, τοῦτο αὐτό μισθός, τῷ πατρί χαρίσασθαι. Ὥς οἰκέτης δούλευσον τοῖς γεννήσασί σε· τί γάρ ἀνταποδώσεις αὐτοῖς, οἷα

αὐτοί σοί; ἀντιγεννῆσαι γάρ αὐτούς οὐκ ἔνι. Οἱ τῆς τῶν παίδων κοσμιότητός τε καί σωφροσύνης ἀμελοῦντες πατέρες,

παιδοκτόνοι τυγχάνουσι, καί χαλεπώτερον ἤ ἐκεῖνοι, ὅσῳ καί πρός ψυχήν ἡ ἀπώλεια καί ὁ θάνατος.

860 Κυρίλλου. Χριστιανῶν ἐνάρετος εὐσέβεια πρώτη τό τιμᾷν (15Ε_220> τούς γεννήσαντας· τό τούς πόνους ἀμείψασθαι τῶν φύντων, καί πάσῃ δυνάμει τά