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Gnomology (Books 3-4)
Epictetus34 25 · perseus-grc2More by Epictetus
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ἐρίζειν καὶ φιλονεικεῖν πάντῃ μὲν ἀνοίκειον, μάλιστα δὲ ἐν ταῖς παρὰ πότον ὁμιλίαις ἀπρεπές. οὔτε γὰρ ἂν μεθύων νήφοντα διδάξειέ τις οὔτʼ αὖ μεθύων πρὸς νήφοντος πεισθείη. ἔνθα δʼ ἂν μὴ παρῇ πειθοῦς τέλος, εἰκῇ σε παρέχεις διατείνεσθαι.

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