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Epictetus@epictetus · c. 108 CE
Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such a kind as the author chooses—if short, a short one; if long, a long one: if it be his pleasure you should act a poor man, a cripple, or a governor, or a private person, see that you act it well; for this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you.
— Epictetus, Enchiridion, Ch. 17 (trans. Elizabeth Carter, 1758)
Ancient Rome