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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

Epictetus
Friends, Adversity, Prosperity
Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.54, Courier Corporation

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

Epictetus
Adversity, People, Littles

As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.

Epictetus
Adversity, Thinking, Sea
Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.54, Courier Corporation

There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty.

Epictetus
Adversity, Men, Ease
Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.168

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