52. Upon all occasions we ought to have these maxims ready at hand:"Conduct me, Jove, and you, Oh Destiny,Wherever your decrees have fixed my station."Cleanthes"I follow cheerfully; and, did I not,Wicked and wretched, I must follow stillWhoever yields properly to Fate, is deemedWise among men, and knows the laws of heaven."Euripides, Frag.
965And this third:"Oh Crito, if it thus pleases the gods, thus let it be. Anytus and Melitus may kill me indeed, but hurt me they cannot."Plato's Crito and Apology
Book: Handbook
Subtitle: The ancient summary of Epictetus's teachings and philosophy
Author: Epictetus
Chapter: Chapter Fifty-three (Chapter 53 of 53)
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52. Upon all occasions we ought to have these maxims ready at hand:"Conduct me, Jove, and you, Oh Destiny,Wherever your decrees have fixed my station."Cleanthes"I follow cheerfully; and, did I not,Wicked and wretched, I must follow stillWhoever yields properly to Fate, is deemedWise among men, and knows the laws of heaven."Euripides, Frag.
965And this third:"Oh Crito, if it thus pleases the gods, thus let it be. Anytus and Melitus may kill me indeed, but hurt me they cannot."Plato's Crito and Apology