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The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, with the Hymn of Cleanthes

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Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Epictetus and Crossley, Hastings
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In the same way my friend Heraclitus, who had a trifling suit about a petty farm at Rhodes, first showed the judges that his cause was just, and then at the finish cried, “I will not entreat you: nor do I care what sentence you pass. It is you who are on your trial, not I!”—And so he ended the case.

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The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, with the Hymn of Cleanthes, Project Gutenberg eBook #871

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