# Epistulae 18 [Ι 15]. ίκτυσος Ἐγκύμονι.-19 [I 16]. Ἐγκύμων Ἀλικτύσπῳ.

Alciphron, Epistulae, 18 [Ι 15]. ίκτυσος Ἐγκύμονι. to 19 [I 16]. Ἐγκύμων Ἀλικτύσπῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/18%20%5B%CE%99%2015%5D.%20%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%84%CF%85%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82%20%E1%BC%98%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9.

Δυσμενὴς καὶ βάσκανος ὁ τῶν γειτόνων ὀφθαλ- μός, φησιν ἡ παροιμία. τίς γάρ σοι τῶν ἐμῶν φρον- τίς; τί δὲ τὸ παρʼ ἐμοῦ ῥᾳθυμίας ἠξιωμένον κτῆμα σὸν εἶναι νομίζεις; εἶργε τὰς χεῖρας, μᾶλλον δὲ τὰς ἀπλήστους ἐπιθυμίας, μηδέ σε ἡ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ὄρεξις ἀδίκους αἰτεῖν χάριτας ἐκβιαζέσθω. Οὐκ ᾔτησά σε ἃ ἔχεις, ἀλλʼ ἃ μὴ ἔχεις. ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐ βούλει ἃ μὴ ἔχεις ἕτερον ἔχειν, ἔχε μὴ ἔχεις.

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Alciphron, Epistulae, ed. M. A. Schepers. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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