| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | | Epictetus. (A.D. c. 50–c. 138) (continued) |
| | | 8965 | | Be not hurried away by excitement, but say, “Semblance, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you.” |
| How the Semblances of Things are to be combated. Chap. xviii. |
| 8966 | | Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them. |
| Concerning the Epicureans. Chap. xx. |
| 8967 | | There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty. |
| Of Inconsistency. Chap. xxi. |
| 8968 | | Who is there whom bright and agreeable children do not attract to play and creep and prattle with them? |
| Concerning a Person whom he treated with Disregard. Chap. xxiv. |
| 8969 | | Two rules we should always have ready,—that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them. |
| In what Manner we ought to bear Sickness. Book iii. Chap. x. |
| 8970 | | In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it. 1 |
| That Everything is to be undertaken with Circumspection. Chap. xv. |
| 8971 | | There is a fine circumstance connected with the character of a Cynic,—that he must be beaten like an ass, and yet when beaten must love those who beat him, as the father, as the brother of all. |
| Of the Cynic Philosophy. Chap. xxii. |
| 8972 | | First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. |
| Concerning such as read and dispute ostentatiously. Chap. xxiii. |
| 8973 | | Let not another’s disobedience to Nature become an ill to you; for you were not born to be depressed and unhappy with others, but to be happy with them. And if any is unhappy, remember that he is so for himself; for God made all men to enjoy felicity and peace. |
| That we ought not to be affected by Things not in our own Power. Chap. xxiv. |
| 8974 | | Everything has two handles,—one by which it may be borne; another by which it cannot. |
| Enchiridion. xliii. |
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