Epictetus · The Handbook
Chapter 35
English
When you have decided that something should be done, and you do it, never avoid being seen doing it – even if most people are going to think something unkind about it. If what you are doing is wrong, avoid the act itself. But if it is right, why fear those who will rebuke you wrongly?
Greek
ὅταν τι διαγνούς, ὅτι ποιητέον ἐστί, ποιῇς, μηδέποτε φύγῃς ὀφθῆναι πράσσων αὐτό, κἂν ἀλλοῖόν τι μέλλωσιν οἱ πολλοὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπολαμβάνειν. εἰ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ὀρθῶς ποιεῖς, αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον φεῦγε· εἰ δὲ ὀρθῶς, τί φοβῇ τοὺς ἐπιπλήξοντας οὐκ ὀρθῶς;
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