What is a loss!
If you had lostPower,Position, Prosperity
would you think of the loss
as damage?
and then if you lost
modesty, moderation, and gentleness
would you think the loss
as nothing?
And yet the first things
are lost by some cause external
and independent of the Will
and second by your own fault!
As to the first, neither to have them
nor to lose them is shameful
As to the second,
not having them or losing them is disgraceful! -
a matter of
reproach and misfortune!
Authors
Epictetus
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