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Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 1-2)

Sentence 5

Author namesÉpictète · Epictete · Epictetus · Epiktetos · Επικτητος

Scientific editors
Heinrich Schenkl
Edition reference
Epicteti Dissertationes ab Arriano digestae · Leipzig · B. G. Teubner · 1916
CTS identifier
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg004.local002
Corpus release
2.2.0 · 2026-08-29
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Sentence 5

ὥσπερ μέλιτταν οὐ διὰ τὸ κέντρον μισεῖς, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν καρπὸν τημελεῖς, οὕτω καὶ φίλον μὴ διʼ ἐπίπληξιν ἀποστραφῇς, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν εὔνοιαν ἀγάπα.