# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 1-2) 6

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 1-2), Section 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-1-2/6

Ἐοίκασιν οἱ κόλακες κηφῆσι· καὶ γὰρ ἀργοὶ καὶ ἄκεντροι καὶ τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους ἀναλίσκοντες καμάτους. οἱ φθονεροὶ σφηξί· καὶ γὰρ πληκτικοὶ καὶ ἄποροι καὶ ἀμετάδοτοι καὶ ἄχρ‹ε›ιοι. οἱ χρηστοὶ μελίτταις· καὶ γὰρ φιλόπονοι καὶ αὐτουργοὶ καὶ οἰκον ομικοὶ καὶ εὔποροι καὶ πρᾷοι καὶ ἐπιπληκτικοὶ καὶ κοινωνικοί. ὥστʼ, εἰ βούλει φίλος ὑπάρχων μετὰ πολλῶν διάγειν φίλων, μι μοῦ τὴν μέλιτταν· καθαρὸν ἔστω σοι τὸ σμῆνος κηφήνων καὶ σφηκῶν.

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Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 1-2), ed. Heinrich Schenkl. 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/tlg0557.tlg004.local001/.