Waltey

Prevod

As one of his household was being carried out for burial, a physician said to those accompanying the funeral procession, “If this man had abstained from wine and used enemas, he would not have died.” Someone who met him replied, “My good man, you should not be saying this now, when it is of no use. You should have given him that advice when he could still have followed it.” The fable shows that we should help our friends when they need us, rather than mock them once all hope is lost.

Izvirnik

Ἰατρὸς ἐκκομιζομένου τινὸς τῶν οἰκείων ἔλεγε πρὸς τοὺς συμπροπέμποντας, ὡς οὗτος ὁ ἅνθρωπος, εἰ οἴνου ἀπείχετο καὶ κλυστῆρσιν ἐχρήσατο, οὐκ ἂν ἀπέθανε. Τούτῳ δέ τις ὑποτυχών ἔφη· „ὦ οὗτος, ἀλλʼ οὔ σε ἔδει ταῦτα νῦν λέγειν, ὅτε οὐδὲν ὄφελός ἐστι, τότε δὲ παραινεῖν, ὅτε καὶ χρῆσθαι ἡδύνατο.“

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι χρὴ τοῖς φίλοις παρὰ τὰς χρείας τὰς βοηθείας παρέχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ μὴ μετὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων ἀπόγνωσιν κατειρωνεύεσθαι.

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