# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 25

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/25

25. (35). Ἐρίζειν καὶ φιλονεικεῖν πάντῃ μὲν ἀνοίκειον, μάλιστα δὲ ἐν ταῖς παρὰ πότον ὁμιλίαις ἀπρεπές. οὔτε γὰρ ἂν μεθύων νήφοντα διδάξειέ τις οὔτʼ αὖ μεθύων πρὸς νήφοντος πεισθείη. ἔνθα δʼ ἂν μὴ παρῇ πειθοῦς τέλος, εἰκῇ σε παρέχεις διατείνεσθαι.

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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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