Epictetus:

What you shun enduring yourself, attempt not to impose on others. You shun slavery- beware enslaving others! If you can endure to do that, one would think you had been once upon a time a slave yourself. For vice has nothing in common with virtue, nor Freedom with slavery.

— Epictetus Ancient

Stoic philosopher, former slave

Context

Epictetus. The Discourses as Reported By Arrian. Vol. I. Books 1 and 2.

Date / Period

c. 1st-2nd Century AD

Source

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