Ancient Greek
Section 15
Epictetus Phil., Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 15
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15. (26). Οὔτε ἵππος ἐπὶ φάτνῃ καὶ φαλάροις καὶ τάπησιν οὔτε ὄρνις ἐπὶ βρώμῃ καὶ καλιᾷ ὑψοῦται καὶ γαυριᾷ, ἀλλʼ ἄμφω ἐπὶ κύτητι, ὁ μὲν ποδῶν, ὁ δὲ πτερῶν. καὶ σὺ τοιγαροῦν μὴ ἐπὶ τροφῇ καὶ σκέπῃ καὶ ἁπλῶς τῇ ἔξωθεν περιουσίᾳ μέγα ὀγκύλλου, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ χρηστότητι καὶ εὐποιίᾳ.