QuoteQuest“οὐ γὰρ θάνατος ἢ πόνος φοβερόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ φοβεῖσθαι πόνον ἢ θάνατον.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Epictetus
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.
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Epictetus. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Epictetus. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Epictetus
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