# Στρώματα 5.4.22

Clement of Alexandria, Στρώματα, Book 5, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/text-2/5.4.22

Ναὶ μὴν καὶ τῶν παρ’ Ἕλλησι σοφῶν καλουμένων τὰ ἀποφθέγματα ὀλίγαις λέξεσι μείζονος πράγματος δήλωσιν ἐμφαίνει, οἷον ἀμέλει τὸ χρόνου φείδου ἤτοι ἐπεὶ ὁ βίος βραχύς, οὐ δεῖν τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον εἰς μάτην καταναλῶσαι, ἣ κατ’ ἐναντιότητα φείσασθαι τῶν ἀναλωμάτων τῶν ἰδιωτικῶν, ἵνα κἂν πολλὰ ἔτη ζήσῃς, φησί, μὴ ἐπιλείπῃ σοι τὰ ἐπιτήδεια.

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Clement of Alexandria, Στρώματα, ed. Otto Stählin. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0555.tlg004.local001/.