The Handbook of Epictetus
Handbook 25.3
Translated by Clint Miller
English
What do lettuces sell for? An obol, say. So if someone pays his obol and takes the lettuces, and you do not pay and do not take them, don’t imagine you have less than he does. He has his lettuces; you have your obol, which you did not give.
Greek
ἀλλὰ πόσου πιπράσκονται θρίδακες; ὀβολοῦ, ἂν οὕτω τύχῃ. ἂν οὖν τις προέμενος τὸν ὀβολὸν λάβῃ θρίδακας, σὺ δὲ μὴ προέμενος μὴ λάβῃς, μὴ οἴου ἔλαττον ἔχειν τοῦ λαβόντος. ὡς γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ἔχει θρίδακας, οὕτω σὺ τὸν ὀβολόν, ὃν οὐκ ἔδωκας.
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