True instruction is this:—to learn to wish that each thing should come to pass as it does. And how does it come to pass?

Epictetus

Harvard Classics, Vol. 2, Part 2

Like those of Socrates and Christ, these aphorisms were transcribed by the disciples of the great Stoic.

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Introductory Note: I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; XVI; XVII; XVIII; XIX; XX; XXI; XXII; XXIII; XXIV; XXV; XXVI; XXVII; XXVIII; XXIX; XXX; XXXI; XXXII; XXXIII; XXXIV; XXXV; XXXVI; XXXVII; XXXVIII; XXXIX; XL; XLI; XLII; XLIII; XLIV; XLV; XLVI; XLVII; XLVIII; XLIX; L; LI; LII; LIII; LIV; LV; LVI; LVII; LVIII; LIX; LX; LXI; LXII; LXIII; LXIV; LXV; LXVI; LXVII; LXVIII; LXIX; LXX; LXXI; LXXII; LXXIII; LXXIV; LXXV; LXXVI; LXXVII; LXXVIII; LXXIX; LXXX; LXXXI; LXXXII; LXXXIII; LXXXIV; LXXXV; LXXXVI; LXXXVII; LXXXVIII; LXXXIX; XC; XCI; XCII; XCIII; XCIV; XCV; XCVI; XCVII; XCVIII; XCIX; C; CI; CII; CIII; CIV; CV; CVI; CVII; CVIII; CIX; CX; CXI; CXII; CXIII; CXIV; CXV; CXVI; CXVII; CXVIII; CXIX; CXX; CXXI; CXXII; CXXIII; CXXIV; CXXV; CXXVI; CXXVII; CXXVIII; CXXIX; CXXX; CXXXI; CXXXII; CXXXIII; CXXXIV; CXXXV; CXXXVI; CXXXVII; CXXXVIII; CXXXIX; CXL; CXLI; CXLII; CXLII; CXLIV; CXLV; CXLVI; CXLVII; CXLVIII; CXLIX; CL; CLI; CLII; CLIII; CLIV; CLV; CLVI; CLVII; CLVIII; CLIX; CLX; CLXI; CLXII; CLXIII; CLXIV; CLXV; CLXVI; CLXVII; CLXVIII; CLXIX; CLXX; CLXXI; CLXXII; CLXXIII; CLXXIV; CLXXV; CLXXVI; CLXXVII; CLXXVIII; CLXXIX; CLXXX; CLXXXI; CLXXXII; CLXXXIII; CLXXXIV; CLXXXV; CLXXXVI; CLXXXVII; CLXXXVIII; CLXXXIX; Appendix A. Fragments Attributed to Epictetus; Appendix B. The Hymn of Cleanthes; Index for Reference; Index for Reference to Appendix A