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Ancient contents - Book II · Contents.II.14-20
Ancient Greek
p. 173014-20
14. Ὅτι χρὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαι τὰς τῶν σοφῶν συνουσίας, ἐκκλίνειν δὲ τοὺς φαύλους καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους.
15. Περὶ τοῦ δοκεῖν καὶ τοῦ εἶναι, καὶ ὅτι οὐ τῷ λόγῳ χρὴ κρίνειν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ τῷ τρόπῳ.
16. Ὅτι οἱ ἄλλοις ἐπιβουλεύοντες ἑαυτοὺς λανθάνουσι καταβλάπτοντες.
17. Περὶ εὐδοξίας.
18. Περὶ φήμης.
19. Ὅτι μέτρον ἄριστον.
20. Ὅτι δυσκατόρθωτον ἡ ἀρετή, εὐμεταχείριστον δὲ ἡ κακία.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Ancient contents - Book II
p. 173114-20 · Character, reputation, and virtue
14. That one should greatly value the company of the wise, but avoid the base and uneducated.
15. On seeming and being, and that one should judge a person by character, not by words.
16. That those who plot against others unwittingly harm themselves.
17. On good repute.
18. On report.
19. That moderation is best.
20. That virtue is difficult to attain, but vice easy to practice.2097
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