# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 15

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/15

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.

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Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), 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.
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