Fragments of Disputed Authorship

The fragments which follow are in part assigned to Epictetus, in part to others.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.

Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.

Let nothing be valued more than truth: not even selection of a friendship which lies without the influence of the affects, by which (affects) justice is both confounded (disturbed) and darkened. 87

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty which fades not away in time nor does it take away 88 the freedom of speech which proceeds from justice; but it gives to us the knowledge of what is just and lawful, separating from them the unjust and refuting them.

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