# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 67

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 67. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/67

Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. 67. (88). Ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος οὐ περιμένει λιτὰς καὶ γοητείας, ἵνʼ ἀνατείλῃ, ἀλλʼ εὐθὺς λάμπει καὶ πρὸς ἁπάντων ἀσπάζεται, οὕτω μηδὲ σὺ περίμενε κρότους καὶ ψόφους καὶ ἐπαίνους, ἵνʼ εὐποιήσῃς, ἀλλʼ ἑκοντὴς εὐεργέτει καὶ ἴσα τῷ ἡλίῳ φιληθήσῃ.

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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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