If someone in the street were entrusted with your body, you… - Epictetus

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If someone in the street were entrusted with your body, you would be furious. Yet you entrust your mind to anyone around who happens to insult you, and allow it to be troubled and confused. Aren’t you ashamed of that?

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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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When did anger, however, ever teach someone to play music or pilot a ship?

No te dejes apartar de tu deber por cualquier reflexión vana que de ti pueda hacer el mundo necio, porque en tu poder no están sus censuras, y, por consiguiente, no deben importarte nada

لا تقل «فقدتّة» ... قل «رددثه».
فهل يُهِمُك بوساطة من استردٌ منك الواهبٌ ما أعطى؟!

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