Приписывается: Epictetus
«I was Epictetus, a slave, maimed in body, poor as Irus, and dear to the immortals.»
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Этого нет в трудах: 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.
Источник: Antología Palatina, VII 676 (epigrama anónimo sobre Epicteto). Texto griego en Wikisource en griego.
Что было сказано на самом деле
Подлинные слова: 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.