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Ancient contents - Book II · Contents.II.21-26–Contents.II.27-31
Ancient Greek
p. 173221-26
21. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ λόγον ποιεῖσθαι τῆς τῶν ἀσυνέτων δοκιμασίας.
22. Ὅτι τὴν ὑπόκρισιν, τοῖς κεχρημένοις ἐπιβλαβῆ οὖσαν καὶ πρὸς οὓς γίνεται, τῆς ψυχῆς ἐκβλητέον.
23. Ὅτι οὐ χρὴ πολυπραγμονεῖν, φθόνου γὰρ καὶ διαβολῆς αἴτιον γίνεται τὸ τοιοῦτον.
24. Ὅτι ἐν οἷς πλημμελεῖ τις τὸ μεταμελεῖσθαι κάλλιστον.
25. Περὶ λοιδορίας, ὡς οὐκ ἀγαθόν.
26. Ὅτι ἐν τῷ λοιδορεῖσθαι χρὴ σκοπεῖν, μὴ τοῖς αὐτοῖς περιπεπτώκαμεν ἐλαττώμασι.
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27. Περὶ ἀνάγκης τῆς κατὰ τὸν βίον.
28. Ὅτι εὐκαίρως δεῖ πράττειν.
29. Περὶ τοῦ βούλεσθαι, ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ὡς ἔτυχεν ἀναβάλλεσθαι.
30. Ὅτι τὸ δυστυχῆσαι πολλάκις ἐπωφελὲς γίνεται καὶ μάλιστα τοῖς ἄφροσι.
31. Περὶ ἀγωγῆς καὶ παιδείας.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Ancient contents - Book II
p. 173321-26 · Judgment, hypocrisy, and abuse
21. That one should disregard the judgment of those who lack understanding.
22. That hypocrisy should be banished from the soul, since it harms both those who practice it and those toward whom it is practiced.
23. That one should not meddle, for such conduct causes envy and slander.
24. That repentance for one’s wrongdoing is best.
25. On abuse, and that it is not a good thing.
26. That in an exchange of abuse we should consider whether we ourselves have fallen into the same faults.2098
27-31 · Necessity, opportunity, and education
27. On necessity in life.
28. That one must act at the right time.
29. On wishing, and that one must not put things off at random.
30. That misfortune often proves beneficial, especially to the foolish.
31. On upbringing and education.2099
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