John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8935 Epitetus AD 50- 138 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8935 |
| AUTHOR: | Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138) |
| QUOTATION: | Yet God hath not only granted these faculties, by which we may bear every event without being depressed or broken by it, but like a good prince and a true father, hath placed their exercise above restraint, compulsion, or hindrance, and wholly without our own control. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Discourses. Chap. vi. |