The Handbook of Epictetus
Handbook 25.2
Translated by Clint Miller
English
How can the man who does not hang around someone’s door have an equal share with the man who does? The one who does not escort him, with the one who does? The one who does not flatter him, with the one who does? You will be unjust and insatiable if you refuse to pay the price these things sell for and want to get them free.
Greek
πῶς γὰρ ἴσον ἔχειν δύναται ὁ μὴ φοιτῶν ἐπὶ θύρας τινὸς τῷ φοιτῶντι; ὁ μὴ παραπέμπων τῷ παραπέμποντι; ὁ μὴ ἐπαινῶν τῷ ἐπαινοῦντι, ἄδικος οὖν ἔσῃ καὶ ἄπληστος, εἰ μὴ προϊέμενος ταῦτα, ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐκεῖνα πιπράσκεται, προῖκα αὐτὰ βουλήσῃ λαμβάνειν.
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