“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do not wish to have, or avoid, things that other people control, because then you must serve as their slave.”
― Discourses and Selected Writings
― Discourses and Selected Writings
“Whoever then would be free, let him wish for nothing, let him decline nothing, which depends on others; else he must necessarily be a slave.”
― The Enchiridion of Epictetus
― The Enchiridion of Epictetus
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