# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 63

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 63. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/63

Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. 63. (84). Καθάπερ ἀγαθὸς πωλοδάμνης οὐ τῶν πώλων τοὺς μὲν ἀγαθοὺς τρέφει, τοὺς δὲ δυσηνίους λιμώττειν ἐᾷ, ἀλλὰ τρέφει μὲν ἐπʼ ἴσης ἄμφω, κολάζει δὲ μᾶλλον θάτερον ἐξισοῦν θατέρῳ βιαζόμενος μέρει· οὕτω καὶ κηδεμονικὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ πολιτικῆς ἐπιστήμων δυνάμεως τῶν πολιτῶν τοὺς μὲν εὐγνώμονας ποιεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖ, τοὺς δὲ ἔμπαλιν οὐ καθάπαξ διαφθείρεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τροφῆς μὲν ἀμφοῖν ἥκιστα φθονεῖ, παιδεύει δὲ καὶ σφοδρότερον ἐπισπέρχει τὸν ἀντιβαίνοντα τῷ λόγῳ καὶ τῷ νόμῳ.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0557.tlg005.local001/.