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Quotation from Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion by Epictetus
“Never say about anything, I have lost it, but say I have restored it.”
Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Encheiridion, ch. XI, trans. George Long (1877)
Epictetus applies the saying to a dead child, a dead wife and confiscated land, all of which were lent by the giver.
Citation: "Never say about anything, I have lost it, but say I have restored it." — Epictetus, Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Encheiridion, ch. XI, trans. George Long (1877). (id epictetus-discourses-and-encheiridion-q4)
Portrait: Epictetus from L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera, 1605, title page detail, Theodoor Galle, Public domain.
