Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE
Fragments 127 — Epictetus
Translation by George Long (1877)
Epictetus, Fragments 127
In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is most difficult of all things.
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Epictetus, Fragments 127, tr. George Long (1877)
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Epictetus, Enchiridion and Fragments, tr. George Long (1877). Text: Standard Ebooks (CC0). Sources and licences
In plain English
AI-written notesIt is easy to find friends when things are going well and very hard when times are bad. Real friends are the ones who stay through adversity, while fair-weather friends disappear.
Older wording
- “adversity”
- — hardship, bad times
Themes and situations
- Friendship
- Adversity and hardship
- Resilience and endurance
- Loneliness
- Trouble with a friend
- Betrayal
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