“We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor…” Epictetus

We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid.

In today’s wordsWe should fear neither poverty, nor exile, nor prison; the only thing to fear is fear itself.

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Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

Epictetus: We must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself…