No one insults you. Your opinion of it does.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 20
The source
"No one insults you. Your opinion of it does." Epictetus said it in Enchiridion 20. Translated by George Long, 1877.
"it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting"George Long, 1877, Enchiridion 20.
Who said it
Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Born enslaved, became the most influential Stoic teacher of his age. His student Arrian wrote down the Discourses and the Enchiridion.
Questions
- Who said "No one insults you. Your opinion of it does."?
- Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Source: Enchiridion 20.
- What is the original wording?
- it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting (George Long, 1877). Translated by George Long, 1877.
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