Attribuée à Epictetus
«I was Epictetus, a slave, maimed in body, poor as Irus, and dear to the immortals.»
Fausse attribution
Verdict
Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de Epictetus
An anonymous epigram in the Palatine Anthology (VII.676), sometimes presented as an epitaph Epictetus composed for himself. There is no basis for attributing it to him; it is a eulogy written by someone else.
Source: Antología Palatina, VII 676 (epigrama anónimo sobre Epicteto). Texto griego en Wikisource en griego.
Ce qu'il a vraiment dit
Paroles vérifiées de Epictetus
«Of things some are in our power, and others are not.»
Manual 1, 1. Griego: Wikisource; inglés: George Long (1877); español: traducción propia.
«Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.»
Manual 5. Griego: Wikisource; inglés: George Long (1877); español: traducción propia.
«Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.»
Manual 8. Griego: Wikisource; inglés: George Long (1877); español: traducción propia.