Phdr greἔτι δὲ εἰ διὰ τοῦτο ἄξιον (231c) τοὺς ἐρῶντας περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαι, ὅτι τούτους μάλιστά φασιν φιλεῖν ὧν ἂν ἐρῶσιν, καὶ ἕτοιμοί εἰσι καὶ ἐκ τῶν λόγων καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀπεχθανόμενοι τοῖς ἐρωμένοις χαρίζεσθαι, ῥᾴδιον γνῶναι, εἰ ἀληθῆ λέγουσιν, ὅτι ὅσων ἂν ὕστερον ἐρασθῶσιν, ἐκείνους αὐτῶν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσονται, καὶ δῆλον ὅτι, ἐὰν ἐκείνοις δοκῇ, καὶ τούτους κακῶς ποιήσουσιν.
Phdr lat p. 180bQuamobrem tantis malis sublatis, nihil aliud restat, nisi ut prompti sint ad omnia quae grata illis fore existiment, peragenda. Aiunt plerique, amatores idcirco pluris facere opportere, quod maxima erga amatos charitate deuincti sint, semperque parati, tum dictis, tum factis amatis obsequi, etiam si ex hoc caeteros omnes offenderint. Quorum sententiam ueram non esse hinc facile coniectamus, quod translata ab aliis in alios beneuolentia, posteriores amatos prioribus anteponunt,
Phdr engIf you say that the lover is more to be esteemed, because his love is thought to be greater; for he is willing to say and do what is hateful to other men, in order to please his beloved;--that, if true, is only a proof that he will prefer any future love to his present, and will injure his old love at the pleasure of the new.
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