Epictetus · The Handbook
Chapter 23
English
If it ever happens that you turn outward, wanting to please some person, understand that you have lost your stance. Be content, then, in everything, with being a philosopher. And if you also want to seem one, seem one to yourself – and that will be enough.
Greek
ἐάν ποτέ σοι γένηται ἔξω στραφῆναι πρὸς τὸ βούλεσθαι ἀρέσαι τινί, ἴσθι ὅτι ἀπώλεσας τὴν ἔνστασιν. ἀρκοῦ οὖν ἐν παντὶ τῷ εἶναι φιλόσοφος εἰ δὲ καὶ δοκεῖν βούλει τῷ εἶναι, σαυτῷ φαίνου καὶ ἱκανὸς ἔσῃ.
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