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| καὶ ὃς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὤκνει τε καὶ οὐ πάνυ ἤθελεν ἀποκρίνασθαι· ἔπειτα μέντοι εἶπεν ὅτι οἷ δοκοῖ σωφροσύνη εἶναι τὸ κοσμίως πάντα πράττειν καὶ ἡσυχῇ, ἔν τε ταῖς ὁδοῖς βαδίζειν καὶ διαλέγεσθαι, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ὡσαύτως ποιεῖν. καί μοι δοκεῖ, ἔφη, συλλήβδην ἡσυχιότης τις εἶναι ὃ ἐρωτᾷς |
| And he at first was hesitant and didn't want to answer. But then he said that he thought that moderation was doing everything quietly and in an orderly fashion. |
| Plato Charmides 159b (87) |
| τὰ μὲν τοίνυν τοῦ σώματος οἷον δεῖ τὸν φύλακα εἶναι, δῆλα. ναί. καὶ μὴν καὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς, ὅτι γε θυμοειδῆ. |
| So it is clear what a guard must be like when it comes to his physical characteristics? Yes. And his mental characteristics are clear too, namely, he must be spirited. |
| Plato Republic 2 375b (96) |
| οὗτος τοίνυν εἰς τοῦτο ἦλθεν ὕβρεως ὥστ’ οὐ πρότερον ἠθέλησεν ἀπελθεῖν, πρὶν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενοι δεινὰ ποιεῖν οἱ παραγενόμενοι καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐλθόντες, ἐπὶ παῖδας κόρας καὶ ὀρφανὰς εἰσιόντα, ἐξήλασαν βίᾳ. |
| He reached such lengths of depravity that he was not willing to leave until the onlookers and those who had accompanied him, thinking that he was behaving terribly by breaking in on girls and orphans, dragged him away forcibly. |
| Lysias Speeches 3.7 (100) |