# Fragmenta minora 46

Musonius Rufus, Fragmenta minora, Fragment 46. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/musonius-rufus/fragmenta-minora/46

Τῶν νέων τοὺς μαλακοὺς οὐκ ἔστι προτρέψαι ῥᾴδιον· οὐδὲ γὰρ τυρὸν ἀγκίστρῳ λαβεῖν· οἱ δʼ εὐφυεῖς, κἂν ἀποτρέπῃς, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἔχονται τοῦ λόγου. διὸ καὶ ὁ Ῥοῦφος τὰ πολλὰ ἀπέτρεπεν τούτῳ δοκιμαστηρίῳ χρώμενος τῶν εὐφυῶν καὶ ἀφυῶν. ἔλεγε γὰρ ὅτι ὡς ὁ λίθος, κἂν ἀναβάλῃς, ἐνεχθήσεται κάτω ἐπὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ κατασκευήν, οὕτω καὶ ὁ εὐφυής, ὅσῳ μᾶλλον ἀποκρούεταί τις αὐτόν, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον νεύει ἐφʼ ὃ πέφυκεν.

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Musonius Rufus, Fragmenta minora, ed. Otto Hense. 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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