"[A] philosopher should show himself cheerful and tranquil, so also he should in the things that relate to the body:"See, ye men, that I have nothing, that I want nothing: see how I am without a house, and without a city, and an exile, if it happens to be so, and without a hearth I live more free from trouble and more happily than all of noble birth and than the rich. But look at my poor body also and observe that it is not injured by my hard way of living.""- Epictetus, Discourses IV.11
Look and See That I Am an Exile
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