The Handbook of Epictetus
Handbook 25.4
Translated by Clint Miller
English
It is exactly the same here. You were not invited to someone’s dinner party? Because you did not pay the host the price of the dinner. He sells it for praise; he sells it for attention. Pay the difference, then, if it profits you, and take what it sells for. But if you want to keep your money and take the goods anyway, you are insatiable and a fool.
Greek
τὸν αὐτὸν δὴ τρόπον καὶ ἐνταῦθα. οὐ παρεκλήθης ἐφ’ ἑστίασίν τινος; οὐ γὰρ ἔδωκας τῷ καλοῦντι, ὅσου πωλεῖ τὸ δεῖπνον. ἐπαίνου δ’ αὐτὸ πωλεῖ, θεραπείας πωλεῖ. δὸς οὖν τὸ διάφορον, εἰ σοι λυσιτελεῖ, ὅσου πωλεῖται. εἰ δὲ κἀκεῖνα θέλεις μὴ προΐεσθαι καὶ ταῦτα λαμβάνειν, ἄπληστος εἶ καὶ ἀβέλτερος.
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