Epictetus · The Handbook
Chapter 38
English
Just as you watch, when walking, not to step on a nail or twist your ankle, watch in the same way not to harm your own ruling mind. If we keep this guard in every undertaking, we will take up the work more securely.
Greek
ἐν τῷ περιπατεῖν καθάπερ προσέχεις, μὴ ἐπιβῇς ἥλῳ ἢ στρέψῃς τὸν πόδα σου, οὕτω πρόσεχε, μὴ καὶ τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν βλάψῃς τὸ σεαυτοῦ. καὶ τοῦτο ἐὰν ἐφ’ ἑκάστου ἔργου παραφυλάσσωμεν, ἀσφαλέστερον ἁψόμεθα τοῦ ἔργου.
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