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Quotation from The Discourses by Epictetus

“I must die. Must I then die lamenting”

Epictetus

The Discourses, Book I, Ch. 1, trans. George Long (1877)

After setting out what is and is not in our power, Epictetus models the reply a philosopher should have ready for death, chains and exile.

Citation: "I must die. Must I then die lamenting" — Epictetus, The Discourses, Book I, Ch. 1, trans. George Long (1877). (id epictetus-discourses-q1)

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