# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 24

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/24

24. (34). Ἄριστον μέν, εἰ κἀν ταῖς παρασκευαῖς χειρουργῶν κἀν ταῖς τροφαῖς ἑστιώμενος κοινωνεῖς τοῖς θεραπεύουσι τῶν παρόντων. εἰ δὲ τὸ τοιόνδε δυσχερὲς τῷ καιρῷ ὑπάρχοι, μέμνησο, ὅτι μὴ κάμνων ὑπὸ καμνόντων ὑπουργῇ, ἐσθίων ὑπὸ μὴ ἐσθιόντων, πίνων ὑπὸ μὴ πινόντων, [ἐσθίων] λαλῶν ὑπὸ σιωπώντων, ἀνειμένος ὑπὸ συνεσταλμένων· καὶ οὔτε αὐτὸς φλεγμήνας ἄτοπον πείσῃ οὐθʼ ἕτερον ἀγριάνας χαλεπὸν ἐργάσῃ.

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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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