Another person will not hurt you without your cooperation; you are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be. - Epictetus

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Another person will not hurt you without your cooperation; you are hurt the moment you believe yourself to be.

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About Epictetus

Epictetus (c. 55 – c. 135 AD), born a slave, was a Greek Stoic philosopher. His words were recorded by his student Arrian in the Discourses and Enchiridion written in the early 2nd-century.

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Native Name: ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΟΣ
Alternative Names: Epictetus of Hierapolis Epiktetos
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Por lo tanto, cuando nos sintamos perturbados o afligidos, no lo atribuyamos a los demás, sino a nosotros mismos, es decir, a nuestras propias concepciones. Es normal esperar de alguien poco instruido que atribuya a los demás sus propias desgracias; de una persona que comienza a instruirse, reprocharse a sí misma; y de una persona altamente instruida, no reprochar ni a los demás ni a sí misma.

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You will do the greatest services to the state, if you shall raise not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.

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