De mutatione nominum

[227] οὐ μετριάζειν ἐν ἐνίοις ἀξιοῖς, εἰ μὴ ἐν πᾶσι δύνασαι; οὐκ ἂν οὖν εἴποι ὁ υἱός· τί λέγεις, ὦ πάτερ; ἢ τέλειον ἀγαθὸν ἢ τέλειον κακὸν βούλει σοι τὸν υἱὸν γενέσθαι καὶ οὐκ ἀγαπήσεις, εἰ πρὸ τῶν ἄκρων τὰ μέσα ἕλοιτο;