50.1 Ὅσα προτίθεσαι, τούτοις ὡς νόμοις ἔμμενε, ὡς ἀσεβήσων ἂν παραβῇς τι τούτων. τί δὲ ἐρεῖ τις περί σου, μὴ ἐπιστρέφου· τοῦτο γὰρ οὐκέτι ἐστὶ σόν.
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Stick to Your Principles
Adhere to your principles as if they were laws; consider it a sacrilege if you violate them.
ὡς ἀσεβήσων: ὡς with fut. part. = “as if” (S. 2086b).
τί: indirect question after μὴ ἐπιστρέφου
ἐπιστρέφου: 2 sg. pres. mid. imper.
σόν: “a matter of concern for you,” “your problem”
vocabulary
προτίθημι, προτιθήσω, προὔθηκα, to set before, propose (as a principle)
ἐμμένω, ἐμμενῶ, ἤμμεινα, to abide, adhere + dat.
ἀσεβέω, ἀσεβήσω, ἠσέβησα, to act profanely, sacrilegiously
παραβαίνω, παραβήσομαι, παρεβησάμην, to transgress, violate
ἐρῶ, Attic future of εἴρω, will say
ἐπιστρέφω, ἐπιστρέψω, ἐπέστρεψα, to pay attention