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Epictetus, Discourses (ed. George Long), book 2 (search)
Epictetus, Discourses (ed. George Long), book 2 (search)
That we do not strive to use our opinions about good and evil.
WHERE is the good? In the will.See ii. 10. 25. Where is the evil?
In the will. Where is neither of them? In those things
which are independent of the will. Well then? Does
any one among us think of these lessons out of the schools?
Does any one meditate (strive) by himself to give an
answer to things'To answer to things' means to act in a way suitable to circum—
stances, to be a match for them. So Horace says (Sat. ii. 7. 85)—
Responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores
Fortis. as in the case of questions? Is it
day?—Yes.—Is it night?—No.—Well, is the number of
stars even?Perhaps this was a common puzzle. The man answers right; he
cannot say.—I cannot say.—When money is shown
(offered) to you, have you studied to make the proper
answer, that money is not a good thing? Have you practised yourself in these answers, or only against sophisms?
Why do you wonder then if in the cases which you have
studied, in those you h
Epictetus, Discourses (ed. George Long), book 3 (search)
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), The Works of Horace (ed. C. Smart, Theodore Alois Buckley), book 1, We ought to connive at the faults of our friends, and all offenses are not to be ranked
in the catalogue of crimes. (search)
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), The Works of Horace (ed. C. Smart, Theodore Alois Buckley), book 1, He apologizes for the liberties taken by satiric poets in general, and particularly by
himself (search)
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), The Works of Horace (ed. C. Smart, Theodore Alois Buckley), book 1, He humorously describes a squabble betwixt Rupilius and Persius. (search)
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), The Works of Horace (ed. C. Smart, Theodore Alois Buckley), book 1, He describes his sufferings from the loquacity of an impertinent fellow. (search)