SOME
FRAGMENTS OF EPICTETUS.
I.The lover of mankind is not he who loves money, or pleasure, or reputation, but he only who loves that which is fair and good.
II.Nothing is more little than love of pleasure, and love of gain, and arrogance; nothing is more great than highmindedness, and gentleness, and love of man, and beneficence.
III.If you would have your house well established, then follow the example of Lycurgus the Spartan. For even as he did not fence his city with walls, but fortified the inhabitants with virtue,
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