The object of your love is mortal; it is not one of your possessions; it has been given to you for the present, not inseparably nor forever.” (Epicte… - Epictetus

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The object of your love is mortal; it is not one of your possessions; it has been given to you for the present, not inseparably nor forever.” (Epictetus, The Discourses)

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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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مَن يُرِدْ أن يكون حُرًّا إذن فليكفَّ عن أن يرغب في أي شيءٍ أو يتجنب أي شيء في قدرة غيره، وإلا فإنه يكون لا محالة عبدا.
كل من جعل سعادته وهنائه في يد غيره أو في يد الظروف والأشياء الخارجية فهو عبدٌ ولو كان يرتدي الأرجوان الملَكي.

So decide now that you are worthy of living as a full-grown man who is making progress, and make everything that seems best be a law that you cannot go against. And if you meet with any hardship or anything pleasant or reputable or disreputable, then remember that the contest is now and the Olympic games are now and you cannot put things off any more and that your progress is made or destroyed by a single day and a single action

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