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Quotation from Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion by Epictetus
“Remember that thou art an actor in a play, of such a kind as the teacher (author) may choose”
Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Encheiridion, ch. XVII, trans. George Long (1877)
The image of life as a drama: the part may be short or long, poor or lame or magisterial, and the duty is to play it well.
Citation: "Remember that thou art an actor in a play, of such a kind as the teacher (author) may choose" — Epictetus, Discourses (selection) and Encheiridion, Encheiridion, ch. XVII, trans. George Long (1877). (id epictetus-discourses-and-encheiridion-q5)
Portrait: Epictetus from L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera, 1605, title page detail, Theodoor Galle, Public domain.
