Theophrastus, Characters, Λαλιάς Ζ? 9:

(테오프라스토스, Characters, Λαλιάς Ζ 9:)

καὶ συνδικάζων δὲ κωλῦσαι κρῖναι καὶ συνθεωρῶν θεάσασθαι καὶ συνδειπνῶν φαγεῖν λέγων, ὅτι χαλεπὸν τῷ λάλῳ ἐστὶ σιωπᾶν, καὶ ὡς ἐν ὑγρῷ ἐστιν ἡ γλῶττα, καὶ ὅτι οὐκ ἂν σιωπήσειεν, οὐδ εἰ τῶν χελιδόνων δόξειεν εἶναι λαλίστερος.