8. (19).
Ἐξέταζε σαυτόν, πότερα πλουτεῖν θέλεις ἢ εὐδαιμονεῖν. καὶ εἰ μὲν πλουτεῖν, ἴσθι, ὅτι οὔτε ἀγαθὸν οὔτε ἐπὶ σοὶ πάντῃ· εἰ δὲ εὐδαιμονεῖν, ὅτι καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἐπὶ σοί· ἐπεὶ τὸ μὲν τύχης ἐπίκαιρον δάνειον, τὸ δὲ † τῆς εὐδαιμονίας προαιρέσεως.Gnomology (Books 3-4). Epictetus. ed. Heinrich Schenkl. Leipzig. 1916.
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