Note v. 119 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 3)
Reading edition
119. digitum exsere, peccas: a favorite expression with the Stoics to show that the wise man alone understands the conduct of life. Epictet., fr. 53: ἡ φιλοσοφία φησὶν ὅτι οὐδὲ τὸν δάκτυλον ἐκτείνειν εἰκῆ προσήκει (Casaubon).