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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 8971 |
| AUTHOR: | Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138) |
| QUOTATION: | There is a fine circumstance connected with the character of a Cynic,—that he must be beaten like an ass, and yet when beaten must love those who beat him, as the father, as the brother of all. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of the Cynic Philosophy. Chap. xxii. |
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