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Gnomology (Books 3-4)
Epictetus34 36 · perseus-grc2More by Epictetus
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36.p36
36.p36
ὅπερ φεύγεις παθεῖν, τοῦτο μὴ ἐπιχείρει διατιθέναι· φεύγεις δὲ δουλείαν, φυλάσσου τὸ δουλεύεσθαι. ὑπομένων γὰρ δουλεύεσθαι αὐτὸς ὑπάρχειν πρότερον ἔοικας δοῦλος· οὔτε γὰρ κακίᾳ ἀρετὴ κοινωνεῖ οὔτε ἐλευθερία δουλείᾳ.

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